Transcriptional Activity of Human Endogenous Retroviruses in Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Table 5

Median values and interquartile range of HERV-H, HERV-K, and HERV-W transcriptional levels in human PBMCs.

Age (years)	HERV-H	HERV-K	HERV-W
	Median value (IQR)	Median value (IQR)	Median value (IQR)
1–4	9.89 (1.95–26.66)	0.16 (0.05–1.64)	1.3 (0.27–8.11)
5–11	0.90 (0.28–4.13)	0.43 (0.05–1.33)	1.68 (0.23–5.09)
12–17	1.69 (0.39–4.51)	1.8 (0.64–6.78)	1.38 (0.33–2.62)
18–39	0.38 (0.19–1.07)	1.48 (0.36–5.03)	0.32 (0.07–0.68)
40–59	0.58 (0.18–3.55)	1.98 (0.47–4.28)	10.49 (3.11–42.87)
>60	2.39 (0.32–8.09)	2.89 (1.46–11.37)	8.4 (4.18–76.92)