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. 2021 Sep 29;16(9):e0257474. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257474

Table 2. Phase 3: In vivo screening, efficacy trial.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of 848 participants in the scent-detection experiments.

Variable n (%)
Sex All Participants 848 (100)
Females 514 (60.6)
Males 334 (39.4)
Age (years-old) Median 56
Mean 53
Youngest 15
Oldest 92
COVID-19 Prevalence All Participants 92 of 848 (10.85)
Government Employees 4 of 320 (1.25)
Health-Care Workers, HUSVF 7 of 259 (2.70)
Hospitalized Patients, HUSVF 81 of 269 (30.1)
COVID-19 Status SARS-CoV-2 positive 92 (10.85)
SARS-CoV-2 negative 753 (88.8)
SARS-CoV-2 indeterminate 3 (0.35)
Result by Reference Standard rRT-PCR positive 41 (4.83)
rRT-PCR negative 753 (88.8)
rRT-PCR indeterminate 3 (0.35)
Antigen positive 51 (6.01)
Antigen negative 0 (0)
Clinical Status at K9 Test COVID-19, asymptomatic 18 (2.12)
COVID-19, pre-symptomatic 0 (0)
COVID-19, symptomatic 74 (8.73)
Not COVID-19, but sick 188 (22.2)
Not COVID-19, healthy 565 (66.6)
Indeterminate, asymptomatic 2 (0.24)
Indeterminate, symptomatic 1 (0.12)

HUSVF: Hospital Universitario San Vicente Fundación.