Table 3.

Association between SEP and pathogens in NHANES III

	Seropositivity
	Cytomegalovirusa OR (95% CI)	HSV-1b OR (95% CI)	Number of pathogensa OR (95% CI)
Education
Greater than high school	1.0	1.0	1.0
High school	1.71 (1.37–2.14)	1.45 (1.00–2.10)	1.82 (1.44–2.30)
Less than high school	3.22 (2.52–4.11)	3.32 (2.22–4.95)	3.95 (2.81–5.55)

Number of pathogens was dichotomized as seropositivity to 0–1 pathogens vs 2 pathogens. This table shows the odds of seropositivity to CMV and HSV-1 vs seronegativity and odds of seropositivity to 2 pathogens vs 0–1 pathogens, for those with high school and those with less than high school education compared with those with greater than high school education. The total N was reduced by 53 subjects for the model with CMV and by 24 subjects for both the models with HSV-1 and number of pathogens due to missing data on education.

^aModel with CMV (N = 7699) and number of pathogens (N = 4035) adjusted for age, gender and race.

^bModel with HSV-1 adjusted for age and race (N = 4018).