. 2021 Jan 21;7(1):e24756. doi: 10.2196/24756

Table 4.

Sample statistical analysis based in geopolitical regions.

Variables		North	Northeast	Central-West	Southeast	South	P value (K-W^a test)
Transmission							<.001 ^b
	Mean (SD)	6.57 (0.74)^c	6.62 (0.71)^d	6.68 (0.72)^e	6.79 (0.53)^f	6.64 (0.70)^g
	CV^h (%)	11.34	10.72	10.77	7.88	10.52
	Reduction (%)	–6.14	–5.43	–4.57	–3.00	–5.14
Symptoms							<.001
	Mean (SD)	6.38 (1.12)^c	6.53 (1.06)^c,e	6.45 (1.10)^c,e	6.64 (1.03)^d,e	6.60 (1.13)^e
	CV (%)	17.57	16.24	17.00	15.55	17.13
	Reduction (%)	–29.11	–27.44	–28.33	–26.22	–26.67
Conduct in cases of suspected infection							<.001
	Mean (SD)	0.67 (0.47)^c	0.74 (0.44)^d	0.72 (0.45)^c,d	0.86 (0.39)^e	0.77 (0.42)^d
	CV (%)	70.84	58.70	61.76	40.51	54.40
	Reduction (%)	–33.00	–26.00	–28.00	–14.00	–23.00
Risk groups							.52
	Mean (SD)	8.32 (1.40)	8.42 (1.35)	8.50 (1.20)	8.50 (1.21)	8.45 (1.36)
	CV (%)	16.79	16.06	14.11	14.23	16.15
	Reduction (%)	–16.80	–15.80	–15.00	–15.00	–15.50
Social distancing							.28
	Mean (SD)	0.98 (0.14)	0.98 (0.13)	0.96 (0.19)	0.98 (0.13)	0.98 (0.13)
	CV (%)	14.69	13.25	19.42	13.18	13.80
	Reduction (%)	–2.00	–2.00	–4.00	–2.00	–2.00
Prevention							<.001
	Mean (SD)	10.03 (1.12)^c	10.19 (0.98)^c	10.06 (1.08)^c	10.33 (0.89)^d	10.19 (1.02)^c
	CV (%)	11.19	9.60	10.72	8.65	9.99
	Reduction (%)	–8.82	–7.36	–8.55	–6.09	–7.36
Grouped variables							<.001
	Mean (SD)	32.94 (2.78)^c	33.48 (2.56)^d,e	33.37 (2.42)^c,e	34.10 (2.20)^f	33.64 (2.62)^d
	CV (%)	8.44	7.64	7.27	6.44	7.79
	Reduction (%)	–15.54	–14.15	–14.44	–12.56	–13.74

^aK-W: Kruskal-Wallis.

^bItalics indicate statistically significant difference.

^cStatistically significant difference between these groups.

^dStatistically significant difference between these groups.

^eStatistically significant difference between these groups.

^fStatistically significant difference between these groups.

^gStatistically significant difference between these groups.

^hCV: coefficient of variation.