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Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2016 Jan 26;133(8):732–741. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.018595

Table 2.

Evidence of past herpesvirus infection (positive IgG and negative IgM antibody titers) in childhood AIS cases^* versus stroke-free trauma controls

	Cases		Controls
	N=326		N=115
Herpes Virus	n	(%)	n	(%)	OR^†	(95% CI)	P-value
HSV1 or 2	53	(16.3)	24	(20.9)	0.78	(0.45, 1.35)	0.38
VZV	182	(55.8)	68	(59.1)	0.93	(0.60, 1.44)	0.74
CMV	95	(29.1)	42	(36.5)	0.74	(0.47, 1.17)	0.20
EBV	176	(54.0)	58	(50.4)	1.26	(0.82, 1.95)	0.29
Any herpes virus	260	(79.8)	97	(84.3)	0.83	(0.46, 1.50)	0.54

^*

Analysis based on acute blood samples only to allow case/control comparison

^†

Odds ratio (OR), age adjusted