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. 2024 Jan 16;8(4):299–308. doi: 10.3138/jammi-2023-0007

Table 2:

COVID-19 exposure and testing

Variable Overall (n = 4,607) Among patients with early testing (≤3d; n = 2,452) Among patients with late testing (>3d; n = 2,155) p-value
Number of days from symptom onset to COVID-19 Test median, IQR) 3 (2, 6) 2 (1, 3) 6 (4, 8)
Travel outside Canada 161 (3.5%) 76 (3.1%) 85 (3.9%) 0.12
Known exposure to COVID-19 2,471 (53.6%) 1,339 (54.6%) 1,132 (52.5%) 0.16
Location of COVID-19 test
 Assessment Centre 3,986 (86.5%) 2,131 (86.9%) 1,855 (86.1%) 0.41
 Emergency Department 303 (6.6%) 128 (5.2%) 175 (8.1%) 0.0001
 Other 319 (6.9%) 193 (7.9%) 125 (5.8%) 0.006

IQR = Interquartile range