Fig. 4: Meta-analysis: mean viral loads in breastmilk provided by transmitting mothers versus non-transmitting mothers. | Journal of Perinatology

Fig. 4: Meta-analysis: mean viral loads in breastmilk provided by transmitting mothers versus non-transmitting mothers.

From: Strategies to reduce CMV infectivity in breastmilk to preterm babies – impact on transmission, nutrients, and bioactivity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Fig. 4

Mean viral loads and standard deviations from each study were used to perform a Cohen’s d meta-analysis with a random effects model. Pooled mean difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.11) and confidence intervals crossed the line no difference.

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