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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Mar;15(3):315–325. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2008.11.030

Table 2. Donor KIR profile and CMV reactivation.

Group I *
n=51
Group II *
n=115
Group III *
n=45
p value
CMV reactivation
yes 44 (86%) 86 (75%) 22 (48%) p<0.001a
no 7 (14%) 29 (25%) 23 (52%)

CMV episodes
none 13 (25%) 41 (36%) 28 (62%) 0.001b
1 22 (43%) 43 (37%) 12 (27%)
2 10 (20%) 26 (23%) 5 (11%)
3 6 (12%) 3 (3%) 0
>3 0 2 (1.6%) 0

CMV Infection: median time to first event in days (range)
Q-PCRd 37 (21-356) 50 (22-153) 44 (22-87) 0.15c
SV assayd 47 (30-122) 47 (21-259) 47 (27-76) 0.37c

CMV Disease: number (%)
CMV pneumonitis 2 (3.9%) 3 (2.6%) 0 0.47a
CMV gastroenterocolitis 4 (7.8%) 5 (4.3%) 1(2.2%)
*

Group I: no 2DS2 –no 2DS4; Group II: 2DS2 or 2DS4; Group III: 2DS2 and 2DS4 or ≥ 5aKIR

a

Chi-square test

b

Chi-square test on episodes 0-3

c

Kruskal-Wallis test

d

Q-PCR plasma CMV > 200gc/ml; SV: shell vial assay