Table 2.

Association of SARS-CoV-2 genomic load with patient outcomes

Patient characteristics	Low (n = 107)	Intermediate (n = 103)	High (n = 104)
Fever, n (%)	78 (72.9)	79 (76.7)	77 (74.0)
CRP, n (%)
≤80	35 (32.7)	35 (34.0)	37 (35.6)
80–160	38 (35.5)	34 (33.0)	36 (34.6)
≥160	34 (31.8)	34 (33.0)	31 (29.8)
Pulmonary severity index,*n (%)
I–II	41 (38.3)	25 (24.3)	21 (20.2)
III	28 (26.2)	29 (28.2)	27 (26.0)
IV–V	38 (35.5)	49 (47.5)	56 (53.8)
Death,*n (%)	8 (7.5)	9 (8.7)	21 (20.2)
Composite outcome,*†n (%)	17 (15.9)	21 (20.4)	36 (34.6)

Definition of abbreviations: CRP = C-reactive protein; SARS-CoV-2 = severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

^*Statistically significant.

^†Composite outcome = death or discharge to hospice or intubation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.