Table 2.

CT values among the study participants by grouping in different categories.

Characteristic	E gene CT value, Mean ± SD
At collection point, n = 457	21.7 ± 4.9	Mean Diff, 95% CI 0.9 ± 4.5, 95% CI: 0.5–1.3 P value: 0.001
Before sequencing, n = 583	21.4 ± 4.5
Male	21.6 ± 4.5	Mean Diff: 0.2 95% CI: (−0.5)-1.0 P value: 0.51
Female	21.3 ± 4.5
Symptomatic	20.1 ± 4.2	Mean Diff: 1.8 95% CI: 1.1–2.6 P value: <0.001
Asymptomatic	22.0 ± 4.6
Hospitalised	20.8 ± 3.9	Mean Diff: 0.5 95% CI: (−0.6)-1.6 P value: 0.40
Not hospitalised	21.3 ± 4.6
0–2 year	21.3 ± 4.3	P value: 0.75
3–12 year	21.1 ± 4.4
13–18 year	21.3 ± 4.3