Table 4 Quantitative PCR in anophthalmic and contralateral conjunctiva.
From: Elevated levels of Merkel cell polyoma virus in the anophthalmic conjunctiva
Copies of Actin per Nanogram of Conjunctival Sample DNA | ||||
Anophthalmic Conj. actin/ng | Control actin/ng | Paired Diff | ||
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p value | 95% CI |
4490.364 (3657.661) | 3653.227 (1453.032) | 837.138 (3260.157) | 0.526 | (-688.662,2362.939) |
Anophthalmic 16S/actin vs. Control 16S/actin | ||||
Anophthalmic Conj | Healthy Conj | Paired Diff | ||
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p value | 95% CI |
0.229 (0.226) | 0.225 (0.381) | 0.004 (0.279) | 0.765 | (-0.127,0.134) |
Copies of MCPyV per nanogram of conjunctival sample DNA | ||||
Anophthalmic Conj MCPyV/ng | Healthy Conj MCPyV/ng | Paired Diff | ||
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p value | 95% CI |
891.770 (349.725) | 193.053 (376.000) | 698.717 (343.792) | < 0.001 | (537.817,859.617) |
Copies of MCPyV normalized to actin: MCPyV/Actin | ||||
Anophthalmic Conj | Healthy Conj | Paired Diff | ||
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p value | 95%CI |
0.427 (0.423) | 0.060 (0.120) | 0.366 (0.415) | < 0.001 | (0.172,0.520) |
Copies of TTV per nanogram of conjunctival sample DNA | ||||
Anophthalmic Conj | Healthy Conj | Paired Diff | ||
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p value | 95% CI |
41.148 (151.640) | 8.042 (12.549) | 33.105 (140.235) | 0.232 | (-32.527,98.738) |
