Table 4.
Comparisons of the Ct values of SARS-CoV-2 of the same patient groups between time points.
| Days Post-Diagnosis | 0–4 vs. 5–9 |
0–4 vs. 12–16 |
0–4 vs. 19–23 |
5–9 vs. 12–16 |
5–9 vs. 19–23 |
12–16 vs. 19–23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asymptomatic paediatric patients | 0.0564 | ns | - | ns | - | - |
| Symptomatic paediatric patients | ns | <0.0001 | - | <0.0001 | - | - |
| Adult patients—mild disease | <0.0001 | 0.0006 | - | ns | - | - |
| Adult patients—moderate disease | 0.0012 | 0.0053 | 0.0075 | ns | ns | ns |
| Adult patients—severe & critically ill | ns | ns | 0.0593 | ns | 0.1322 | 0.8198 |
The comparisons between the time points of the same patient groups were compared with the Kruskal–Wallis test, followed by Dunn’s multiple comparisons test. p values smaller than 0.05 are bolded, p values > 0.9999 are represented by ns (not significant).