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. 2021 Aug 12;13(8):1600. doi: 10.3390/v13081600

Table 2.

Patients tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 vs. patients tested positive (Alpha mutation pattern: N501Y, Del69/70: negative for E484K; Alpha mutation pattern with escape mutation: N501Y, Del69/70: positive for E484K; Beta mutation pattern: N501Y, E484K, and K417N; negative for Del69/70).

Variable Negative SARS-CoV-2 NAATs (n = 3449) Positive SARS-CoV-2 NAATs
(n = 95)
p-Value
Age (median) 5.0 years 9.3 years p < 0.0001
(min 0.0 years;
max 17.0 years)
(min 0.0 years;
max 17.8 years)
0 ≤ 3 years 37.2% (n = 1284) 21.1% (n = 20) p = 0.0011
3 ≤ 6 years 19.2% (n = 663) 10.5% (n = 10) p = 0.0333
6 ≤ 12 years 20.4% (n = 705) 31.6% (n = 30) p = 0.0014
12 ≤ 18 years 23.1% (n = 797) 36.8% (n = 35) p = 0.0030
Gender (male) 53.6% (n = 1848) 51.6% (n = 46) p = 0.3486
SARS-CoV-2-Positive NAATs - 100.0% (n = 95) -
Suffering from a 42.6% (n = 1470) 10.5% (n = 10) p < 0.0001
Chronic Disease
Contact to Somebody Recently Tested Positive for SARS-CoV-2 4.6% (n = 160) 41.1% (n = 39) p < 0.0001
Symptomatic 18.8% (n = 650) 55.8% (n = 53) p < 0.0001
Fever 0.0% (n = 0) 28.4% (n = 27) p < 0.0001
Cough 5.9% (n = 203) 27.4% (n = 26) p < 0.0001
Rhinitis 6.1% (n = 210) 25.3% (n = 24) p < 0.0001
Headache 2.9% (n = 100) 9.5% (n = 9) p = 0.0023
Dyspnea 1.3% (n = 46) 4.2% (n = 4) p = 0.0436
Sore Throat 2.6% (n = 88) 4.2% (n = 4) p = 0.3115
Gastrointestinal Symptoms 4.1% (n = 142) 8.4% (n = 8) p = 0.0617
Myalgia 0.2% (n = 7) 3.2% (n = 3) p = 0.0020
Dysgeusia and Dysosmia 0.2% (n = 6) 7.4% (n = 7) p < 0.0001
Admission to Hospital 27.7% (n = 955) 22.1% (n = 21) p = 0.2464
Ct Value (median) - 26.0 (min 17.0; max 41.0) -
Variant Analysis - 68.4% (n = 65) -
Wild Type - 4.2% (n = 4) -
Alpha Mutation Pattern - 90.8% (n = 59) -
Alpha Mutation Pattern with Escape Mutation - 1.5% (n = 1)
Beta Mutation Pattern 1.5% (n = 1) -