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. 2023 Aug 14;20(1):253–265. doi: 10.1002/alz.13414

TABLE 3.

Average viral load and standard deviation for top viruses by ancestry group.

Species African american (n = 5078) African american SD Caribbean hispanic (n = 3132) Caribbean hispanic SD European ancestry (n = 8074) European ancestry SD p‐Value * ,
Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) 2.76 × 10‐3 0.07 0.01 0.11 2.85 × 10‐3 0.07 0.08
Human betaherpesvirus 6A (HHV‐6A) 0.33 8.96 0.25 10.67 0.23 5.49 0.53
Human betaherpesvirus 6B (HHV‐6B) 0.33 8.64 1.26 33.75 0.65 14.71 0.13
Human betaherpesvirus 7 (HHV‐7) 0.01 0.17 0.02 0.22 0.01 0.11 6.59 × 10‐4
Human papillomavirus 71 (HPV‐71) 0.4 1.44 0.03 0.22 0.06 0.28 0.05
Human alphaherpesvirus 1 (HSV‐1) 7.23 8.11 9.89 10.81 5.69 9.49 9.17 × 10‐88
Hepatitis C (HCV) 0.09 0.43 0.09 0.43 0.04 0.3 0.01
Molluscum contagiosum virus (MC) 0.08 0.47 0.01 0.13 0.02 0.14 0.18
Torque teno midi virus 9 (TTMV‐9) 0.03 0.25 0.03 0.27 0.01 0.16 0.01
Torque teno virus 10 (TTV‐10) 0.02 0.32 0.01 0.15 2.97 × 10‐3 0.08 4.02 × 10‐8
Tick‐borne encephalitis virus (TBE) 0.01 0.16 0.01 0.12 2.72 × 10‐3 0.07 0.07
Cumulative viral load 8.76 15.87 11.79 37.74 6.79 18.58 9.96 × 10‐17
*

p‐Value is based on an F‐statistic of a one‐way ANCOVA of ancestry group.

Adjusted for sequencing center, APOE genotype, and body tissue source.