A correlation study of BK Polyoma Virus infection and prostate Cancer among Sudanese patients - immunofluorescence and molecular based case-control study

Table 3 Shows a comparison between cases age groups as well as the DoPESR groups based on BKV IF test results and DNA Viral load means. P-value is significant at a level equal to or less than 0.05

Parameter	Participants groups	Result of IF		P-value	Mean of the Viral load for cases copies/ml	P-value
Parameter	Participants groups	Positive	Negative	P-value	Mean of the Viral load for cases copies/ml	P-value
Age/years	Less than 65	4	11	0.420	6786.6	0.561
Age/years	More than 65	13	27	0.420	6711.7	0.561
DoPESR / month	Less than 9 month	14	25	0.325	4949	0.045
DoPESR / month	More than 9 month	3	13	0.325	12,535	0.045

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