a trend toward significancep = 0.059
The differences in median IFN‐γ SFC counts among the three infection groups showed a trend toward significance (p = 0.059, Fig. 4 a), whereas the median IFN‐γ SFC count was notably reduced in the persistent-infection group in contrast to the uninfected group (p = 0.014, Fig. 4 a). 3.3.2 Relationship between HCMV-DNA VL and IFN‐γ SFC count The median IFN-γ SFC counts were 343/3 × 10 4 PBMCs in the low-VL group and 8.5/3 × 10 4 PBMCs in the high-VL group; the difference was significant (p = 0.001, Fig. 4 b).