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. 2023 Sep 7;40(4):1249–1258. doi: 10.5114/biolsport.2023.131109

TABLE 1.

COVID-19 confirmed cases per million people, confirmed deaths per million people, and reproduction rate pre, during, and post the FIFA world-cup (WC) 2022: data from the world and Qatar.

Periods Pre WC (7 days before) During WC (29 days) Post WC (7 days after) ANOVA p-value Tukey HSD test p-value
Weeks W-preWC: November 13 to 19 W-1WC: November 20 to 26 W-2WC: November 27 to December 3 W-3WC: December 4 to 10 W-4WC: December 11 to 18 W-postWC: December 19 to 25
CONFIRMED CASES
World 48.70 ± 2.18
(46.68 to 50.72)
54.09 ± 1.52
(52.69 to 55.50)
61.60 ± 3.97
(57.92 to 65.28)
67.66 ± 1.24
(66.52 to 68.81)
72.14 ± 2.04
(70.43 to 73.84)
72.45 ± 0.85
(71.67 to 73.24)
F(5, 37) = 142
p = 0.0001
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Qatar 120.23 ± 2.56
(117.87 to 122.60)
101.03 ± 9.43
(92.30 to 109.75)
109.55 ± 16.10
(94.66 to 124.44)
192.86 ± 24.67
(170.05 to 215.67)
152.15 ± 24.40
(131.75 to 172.55)
95.05 ± 9.50
(86.27 to 103.84)
F(5, 37) = 35
p = 0.0001
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CONFIRMED DEATHS
World 0.18 ± 0.01
(0.17 to 0.19)
0.19 ± 0.01
(0.18 to 0.19)
0.18 ± 0.01
(0.17 to 0.18)
0.20 ± 0.01
(0.19 to 0.21)
0.22 ± 0.01
(0.21 to 0.22)
0.23 ± 0.00
(0.23 to 0.23)
F(5, 37) = 54
p = 0.0001
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Qatar 0.00 ± 0.00 0.01 ± 0.02
(-0.01 to 0.04)
0.04 ± 0.02
(0.01 to 0.06)
0.00 ± 0.00 0.00 ± 0.00 0.00 ± 0.00 F(5, 37) = 8
p = 0.0001
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REPRODUCTION RATE
World 1.09 ± 0.02
(1.07 to 1.10)
1.11 ± 0.01
(1.09 to 1.12)
1.13 ± 0.01
(1.13 to 1.14)
1.09 ± 0.01
(1.08 to 1.09)
1.06 ± 0.02
(1.04 to 1.08)
0.99 ± 0.02
(0.97 to 1.01)
F(5, 37) = 58
p = 0.0001
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Qatar 0.89 ± 0.05
(0.84 to 0.93)
0.88 ± 0.07
(0.81 to 0.94)
1.26 ± 0.22
(1.06 to 1.46)
1.26 ± 0.22
(1.06 to 1.46)
0.79 ± 0.08
(0.73 to 0.86)
0.80 ± 0.09
(0.72 to 0.88)
F(5, 37) = 18
p = 0.0001
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ANOVA: Analysis of variance. COVID-19: Coronavirus disease of 2019. W: Week.

Data were mean ± standard deviation (95% confidence interval).

ANOVA: Comparison between the 6 weeks for Qatar and the world.

Tukey HSD test (p < 0.005):

a W-preWC vs. W-1WC; b. W-preWC vs. W-2WC; c W-preWC vs. W-3WC; d W-preWC vs. W-4WC; e W-preWC vs. W-postWC;

f W-1WC vs. W-2WC; g W-1WC vs. W-3WC; h W-1WC vs. W-4WC; i W-1WC vs. W-postWC;

j W-2WC vs. W-3WC; k W-2WC vs. W-4WC; l W-2WC vs. W-postWC;

m W-3WC vs. W-4WC; n W-3WC vs. W-postWC;

o W-4WC vs. W-postWC