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. 2013 Feb 1;10:43. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-10-43

Table 2.

Prevalence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and healthy controls

 
   IBD
   UC
  CD
Healthy controls
   (n = 226)  (n = 189)  (n = 37)    (n = 290)
CMV detection
n (%)
n (%)
n (%)
n (%)
DNA DNA+
90 (84.07)a
161 (85.19)d
29 (78.38)g
173 (59.66)
Serum CMV IgG+
172 (76.11)b
139 (73.54)e
33 (89.19)h
147 (50.69)
Serum CMV IgM+ 4 (1.77)c 3 (1.59)f 1 (2.70)i 1 (0.34)

a Compare with healthy controls, OR = 3.569, 95% CI: 2.330-5.468, P < 0.001;

b Compare with healthy controls, OR = 3.099, 95% CI: 2.113-4.543, P < 0.001;

c Compare with healthy controls, OR = 5.207, 95% CI: 0.578-46.914, P = 0.235;

d Compare with healthy controls, OR = 3.889, 95% CI:2.443-6.190, P < 0.001;

e Compare with healthy controls, OR = 2.704, 95% CI:1.819-4.022, P < 0.001;

f Compare with healthy controls, OR = 4.661, 95% CI:0.481-45.148, P = 0.344;

g Compare with healthy controls, OR = 2.452, 95% CI:1.083-5.550, P = 0.027;

h Compare with healthy controls, OR = 8.026, 95% CI:2.772-23.232, P < 0.001;

i Compare with healthy controls, OR = 8.028, 95% CI:0.491-131.142, P = 0.540.

IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; CMV, cytomegalovirus; UC, ulcerative colitis; CD, Crohn’s disease.