Table 3.

Median CT value for each variable.

	CT valuea		p valueb
Variable	Present	Absent
Sex (male)	25.4 (16.9–35.6)	26.8 (18.2–36.9)	0.145
Coexisting conditions	35.1 (21.9–40.8)	24.4 (16.9–35.5)	<0.001
Exposure to SARS-CoV-2	21.8 (16.2–29.7)	33.8 (19.4–39.6)	<0.001
Temperature ≥37.8 °C	20.6 (15.6–33.3)	31.5 (20.7–38.8)	<0.001
Respiratory symptoms	20.2 (16.1–28.4)	32.0 (19.4–38.0)	<0.001
Lack of fever and respiratory symptoms	34.8 (23.5–40.7)	21.1 (15.8–32.3)	<0.001
Other symptoms	31.5 (19.9–37.8)	20.0 (16.8–35.9)	0.001
Asymptomatic	34.2 (23.3–40.3)	22.9 (16.7–34.9)	<0.001
Admitted to ward	35.3 (21.9–40.9)	23.1 (16.9–34.2)	<0.001

^aCalculated as median (Q1–Q3).

^bSignificant p values (according to a Bonferroni-corrected p value of 0.05/9 = 0.0056) are given in bold.