Table 1.
Group demographics and Levels of antibodies to infectious agents.
Group | Demographics | Herpes Simplex, type 1 (HSV-1) | Herpes Simplex, type 2 (HSV-2) | Cytomegalovirus (CMV) | Toxoplasma Gondii (Tox) | ||||||
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Sex (Male/female) | Age in years (mean ± S.D*) | Race (Caucasian/African - American/Asian) | Serostatus** | Ab titers (mean, S.D.) | Serostatus | Ab titers (mean, S.D.) | Serostatus | Ab titers (mean, S.D.) | Serostatus | Ab titers | |
Normal sleepers (n=131) | 55/76 (58%/42%) | 68.6 ± 7.01 | 117/13/1 (89%/9.9%/0.8%) | 83/48 (63.4/36.6%) | 2.0 ± 1.3 | 40/91 (30.5%/69.5%) | 1.0 ± 1.1 | 90/41 (68.7/31.3%) | 3.4 ± 2.2 | 58/73 (44.3/55.7%) | 1.4 ± 1.2 |
Insomnia (n=180) | 63/117 (65%/35%) | 69.4 ± 7.12 | 159/18/3 (88.3%/10.0%/1.7%) | 110/70 (61.1/38.9%) | 2.0 ± 1.5 | 42/138 (23.3/76.7) | 0.9 ± 1.0 | 123/57 (68.3/31.7%) | 3.3 ± 2.2 | 81/99 (45/55%) | 1.6 ± 1.4 |
Generalized linear model for IgG titers, binary logistic model for binary status | B=0.14, p=0.56 | B=0.016, p=0.92 | B=0.476, p=0.9 | B=0.188, p=0.09 | B=0.079, p=0.76 | B=0.085, p=0.74 | B=0.019, p=0.94 | B=−0.153, p=0.32 |
S.D.: standard deviation
Serostatus: number of persons with elevated antibody titers, above a pre-determined threshold. Ab titers: Titers of antibodies to the respective infectious agent IgG