TABLE 2.
Association of ethnicity with CMV antigenemia among non-SCT and auto-SCT patients combined
| Underlying disease | No. of patients positive for CMV antigenemia/no. tested (%)
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P value for whites vs those of the following ethnicities:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | Asian | Hispanic | Black | Asian | Hispanic | |
| Acute lymphoblastic leukemia | 7/110 (6.4) | 2/18 (11.1) | 3/13 (23.1) | 14/94 (14.9) | NSa | 0.037 | 0.041 |
| Chronic lymphocytic leukemia | 57/344 (16.6) | 5/33 (15.2) | 1/8 (12.5) | 3/15 (20.0) | NS | NS | NS |
| Lymphoma | 56/588 (9.5) | 16/70 (22.9) | 8/31 (25.8) | 25/134 (18.7) | <0.001 | 0.004 | 0.003 |
| Multiple myeloma | 10/165 (6.1) | 11/52 (21.2) | 3/13 (23.1) | 5/36 (13.9) | 0.001 | 0.023 | NS |
| Myeloid and other hematologic diseases | 25/658 (3.8) | 3/79 (3.8) | 3/36 (8.3) | 4/123 (3.3) | NS | NS | NS |
| Solid tumors and other nonhematologic diseases | 29/357 (8.1) | 2/34 (5.9) | 6/32 (18.8) | 6/50 (12.0) | NS | 0.045 | NS |
| Total | 184/2,222 (8.3) | 39/286 (13.6) | 24/133 (18.0) | 57/452 (12.6) | 0.003 | <0.001 | 0.003 |
a
NS, not significant.