Table 3.

Viral RNA shedding time of patients with COVID-19

Viral RNA shedding time	Age		p value	Gender		p value
	<55 years	≥55 years		Male	Female
Week 2	29/209 (13.9%)	30/390 (7.7%)	0.020	32/291 (11.0%)	27/308 (8.8%)	0.36
Week 3	70/209 (33.5%)	113/390 (29.0%)	<0.001	94/291 (32.3%)	89/308 (28.9%)	0.37
Week 4	57/209 (27.3%)	88/390 (22.6%)	0.200	72/291 (24.7%)	73/308 (23.7%)	0.77
Week 5	29/209 (13.9%)	59/390 (15.1%)	0.680	46/291 (15.8%)	42/308 (13.6%)	0.45
Week 6	14/209 (6.7%)	41/390 (10.5%)	0.130	23/291 (7.9%)	32/308 (10.4%)	0.29
Week 7	1/209 (0.5%)	36/390 (9.2%)	0.003	13/291 (4.5%)	24/308 (7.8%)	0.1
Week 8	7/209 (3.3%)	19/390 (4.9%)	0.390	9/291 (3.1%)	17/308 (5.5%)	0.15
Week 9	1/209 (0.5%)	2/390 (0.5%)	0.950	2/291 (0.7%)	1/308 (0.3%)	0.54
≥Week 10	1/209 (0.5%)	2/390 (0.5%)	0.950	0/291 (0.0%)	3/308 (1.0%)	0.21

Abbreviations: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.