Table 2.
Comparison of viral load (log10CN) in different disease severity
| (A) Unadjusted pairwise comparison | ||
|---|---|---|
| Illness group | log10CN (median, IQR) | p value (Kruskal–Wallis) |
| Intubated ICU | 3.6 (2.6, 6.9) | 0.01 |
| Non-intubated ICU | 6.4 (4.4, 8.1) | |
| Medical/surgical floor | 5.6 (3.2, 8.1) | |
| ED discharge | 4.9 (3.8, 7.4) | |
| Pairwise comparisons (using Dunn’s test) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Intubated ICU | Non-intubated ICU | Medical/surgical floor | |
| Non-intubated ICU | < 0.01 | ||
| Medical/surgical floor | 0.05 | 0.41 | |
| ED discharge | 0.87 | 0.17 | 0.97 |
| (B) Adjusted comparison#, $ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean difference | p value | 95% Confidence Interval | |
| Non-intubated ICU | 1.16 | 0.02 | (0.18, 2.14) |
| Medical/surgical floor | 0.74 | 0.08 | (− 0.09, 1.57) |
| ED discharge | 0.81 | 0.13 | (− 0.25, 1.88) |
#Using linear regression with Intubated ICU group as the reference
$Covariates used are age, sex and no major comorbidities