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. 2025 Aug 8;16:1600289. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1600289

Table 1.

Patient demographics, primary diagnosis, antiviral prophylaxis, death rate, and graft failure rate by number of CMV viremia episodes.

Number of episodes 0 (n = 2,030) 1 (n = 367) 2+ (n = 67) P-value***
Sex, n (%)
 Male 1,279 (63.0) 224 (61.0) 42 (62.7) 0.7728
 Female 751 (37.0) 143 (39.0) 25 (37.3)
Age <19 years, n (%)*
 Yes 71 (3.5) 3 (0.8) 1 (1.5) 0.7728
 No 1,959 (96.5) 364 (99.2) 66 (98.5)
Age, years*
 Minimum 1.7 6.6 16.6 0.0000
 Median 53.2 58.4 60
 Maximum 81.1 82 77.6
 Standard deviation 15.3 14.5 12.3
 Mean 51.1 55.1 58.2
 Mean 95% CI (50.4, 51.7) (53.6, 56.6) (55.2, 61.2)
Race, n (%)
 Caucasian/White 1,246 (61.4) 193 (52.6) 33 (49.3) 0.0014
 Other 784 (38.6) 174 (47.4) 34 (50.8)
CMV D/R status at baseline, n (%)
 D-/R- 438 (21.6) 2 (0.5) 2 (3.0) 0.0000
 D-/R+ 600 (29.6) 75 (20.4) 10 (14.9)
 D+/R- 299 (14.7) 125 (34.1) 30 (44.8)
 D+/R+ 693 (34.1) 165 (45.0) 25 (37.3)
Primary diagnosis, n (%)
 Glomerulonephritis 710 (35.0) 98 (26.7) 20 (29.9) 0.0206
 Diabetes 450 (22.2) 93 (25.3) 12 (17.9)
 Other 870 (42.9) 176 (48.0) 35 (52.2)
Prophylaxis, n (%)**
 Yes 829 (40.8) 242 (65.9) 52 (77.6) 0.0000
 No 1,201 (59.2) 125 (34.1) 15 (22.4)
Duration of prophylaxis, days**
 Minimum 2.0 2.0 3.0 0.0560
 Median 78.0 94.5 104.0
 Maximum 867.0 596.0 1638.0
 Standard deviation 88.3 98.2 244.4
 Mean 101.4 119.2 154.0
 Mean 95% CI (95.3, 107.4) (106.7, 131.6) (86.0, 222.0)
Death, n (%)
 Survived 1,815 (89.4) 322 (87.7) 48 (71.6) 0.0000
 Died 215 (10.6) 45 (12.3) 19 (28.4)
Graft failed, n (%)
 No 1,896 (93.4) 336 (91.6) 55 (82.1) 0.0012
 Yes 134 (6.6) 31 (8.5) 12 (17.9)

*Age at first transplantation.

**Prophylaxis refers to any administration of CMV treatment drugs within first 14 days post-transplant.

***P-value for comparison by number of CMV viremia episodes.

CI, confidence interval; CMV, cytomegalovirus; D, donor; R, recipient.