Table 1.
MCPyV DNA detection in the enrolled CF patients and in non-CF patients.
| Subject Category | CF Patients N = 249 |
p-Value | Non-CF Patients N = 124 |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean ± SD | 1–62, 18.4 ± 14.3 | NS | 1–63,18.7 ± 14 | NS |
| Age ≤ 6 years, n (%) | 48 (19%) | 24 (19%) | ||
| Age 6–17 years, n (%) | 113 (45%) | 56 (45%) | ||
| Age > 18 years, n (%) | 88 (35%) | 44 (35%) | ||
| Sex, n female (%) | 152 (61%) | NS | 73 (59%) | NS |
| Among ≤ 6 year olds, n (%) | 32 (21%) | 15 (8%) | ||
| Among 7–17 year olds, n (%) | 65 (43%) | 32 (7%) | ||
| Among >18 year olds, n (%) | 55 (36%) | 26 (11%) | ||
| Sex, n male (%) | 97 (39%) | NS | 51 (41%) | NS |
| Among ≤ 6 year olds, n (%) | 16 (17%) | 9 (18%) | ||
| Among 7–17 year olds, n (%) | 48 (49.4%) | 24 (47%) | ||
| Among >18 year olds, n (%) | 33 (34%) | 18 (35%) | ||
| MCPyV-positive, n (%) | 65 (26%) | 11 (9%) | ||
| Among ≤ 6 year olds, n (%) | 11 (23%) | NS | 2 (8%) | NS |
| Among 7–17 year olds, n (%) | 28 (25%) | NS | 4 (7%) | NS |
| Among >18 year olds, n (%) | 26 (30%) | p = 0.037 | 5 (11%) | NS |
| MCPyV-positive, n (%) female | 43 (66%) | NS | 6 (8%) | NS |
| Among ≤ 6 year olds, n (%) | 7 (22%) | 1 (7%) | ||
| Among 7–17 year olds, n (%) | 17 (26%) | 2 (6%) | ||
| Among >18 year olds, n (%) | 19 (34%) | 3 (11%) | ||
| MCPyV-positive, n (%) male | 22 (34%) | NS | 5 (10%) | NS |
| Among ≤ 6 year olds, n (%) | 4 (25%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Among 7–17 year olds, n (%) | 11 (23%) | 2 (8.3%) | ||
| Among >18 year olds, n (%) | 7 (21%) | 2 (4%) |
CF: cystic fibrosis; MCPyV: Merkel cell Polyomavirus; n: number; NS: not significant.