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. 2021 May 24;224(4):595–605. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab283

Table 3.

Patient and Virological Variables Associated With Virus Load and Virus Type

Variable No Yes P MLR Pb
Categorical variables
 Diabetes 62 570 (2526–3 125 789) 193 575 (4443–7 863 774) .015a .099
 Immunosuppression 77 510 (2790–3 554 804) 1 605 794 (16 884–18 369 106) .004a .013
 Invasive ventilation 42 366 (1661–1 782 723) 241 973 (13 951–10 369 484) 7.1 × 10–9a 5.3 × 10–7
 Anti-SARS-CoV Ab 1 289 633 (39 151–26 681 971) 36 264 (1543–1 262 019) <1 × 10–3a 1.5 × 10–2
Continuous variables
 Age, R2 0.015 .00003c .002
 APACHE II, R2 0.025 5.7 × 10–8c .15

Data listed for categorical variables are viral loads, IU/mL, for continuous variables, correlation coefficients are listed.

Abbreviations: Ab, antibody; APACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; MLR, multivariate linear regression; SARS-CoV, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus.

aP values from Mann-Whitney U test.

bP values from MLR with log transformed viral loads.

cP values from simple linear regression with log transformed viral loads.