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. 2024 Mar 5;14:5475. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-56106-1

Table 2.

Characteristics of patients in the digital PCR cohort.

ScCMV
(N = 12)
AScCMV
(N = 9)
Late-onset
ScCMV
(N = 1)
p-value
(ScCMV vs. AScCMV)

Gestational age

(weeks)

38.5 (32.3–40.3) 39.6 (38.1–40.3) 36 0.036

Birth weight

(grams)

2668 (1602–3366) 2814 (2498–3526) 2600 0.138

Blood CMV DNA load at 1st visit

(IU/mL)

4.3 × 104 (0–2.7 × 105) 2.5 × 103 (0–5.3 × 104) 1.5 × 105 0.048

Urine CMV DNA load at 1st visit

(IU/mL)

2.0 × 107 (1.3 × 103–1.3 × 108) 3.4 × 106 (6.5 × 105–4.2 × 108) 5.8 × 106 0.757

Age at sample collection

(days)

11 (0–35) 21 (0–88) 127 0.127

scCMV symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, AScCMV asymptomatic CMV infection.

The gestational age and birth weight of a patient with late-onset ScCMV are shown via approximation.