Prevention of human milk-acquired cytomegalovirus infection in very-low-birth-weight infants

BMC Pediatrics

Table 3 Changes of CMV DNA load in HM before and after treatment in each group In case of using all data

	FT		p-	FT + LP		p-	FT + HP		p-	overall
	Lsmean	SE	value	Lsmean	SE	value	Lsmean	SE	value	p-value
In case of using all data
Fresh	2.354	0.314		2.871	0.312		2.565	0.283		0.9782
Post	2.287	0.314		2.681	0.312		2.122	0.283
Difference	0.067	0.078	0.400	0.190	0.066	0.01	0.443	0.064	< .0001	0.001
In case of using only 9 and 12 weeks data
Fresh	2.493	0.452		3.257	0.366		2.905	0.328		0.7308
Post	2.484	0.449		2.944	0.367		2.293	0.329
Difference	0.010	0.098	0.9225	0.313	0.072	0.0002	0.612	0.071	< .0001	0.0001

Abbreviations: FT, freeze-thawing; LP, low-temperature Holder pasteurization; HP, high-temperature short-term pasteurization; Lsmean, least square mean; SE, standard error

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