Table 4.

Comparison of nucleic acid positive and nucleic acid negative patients after symptoms disappeared

	Nucleic acid negative cases after symptoms disappeared n = 250	Nucleic acid positive cases after symptoms disappeared n = 168	P
Sex (male)	123 (49.20%)	94 (56.00%)	.176
Age, years	38 (28-57)	40 (28-59)
<18	9 (3.60%)	7 (4.17%)	.767
≥18, <65	211 (84.40%)	136 (80.95%)	.357
≥65	30 (12.00%)	25 (14.88%)	.393
Imported cases	76 (30.40%)	54 (32.14%)	.706
Days of illness onset	3 (5-8)	4 (2-6)	.107
Days needed for the pharyngeal swab nucleic acid turned negative	11 (8-15)	14 (12-18)	.000
WBC (×109/L)	4.96 (4.1-6.10)	5.07 (4.03-6.41)	.477
LYM (×109/L)	1.31 (0.96-1.79)	1.34 (0.93-1.73)	.075
Patients with abnormal CT findings	210 (84.00%)	149 (88.69%)	.177