Table 2.

Differences in 1-month outcomes between adults testing positive for GAS pharyngitis and adults testing negative for GAS pharyngitis.

	Before matching				After matching for age, sex, COVID-19, and influenza and pneumonia
Variable	Adult testing positive for GAS pharyngitis N = 224,471	Adult testing negative for GAS pharyngitis N = 546,152	OR (95% CI)	p	Adult testing positive for GAS pharyngitis N = 224,471	Adult testing negative for GAS pharyngitis N = 224,471	OR (95% CI)	p
ARF	49 (0.022%)	74 (0.014%)	1.611 (1.123, 2.312)	0.0089	49 (0.022%)	24 (0.011%)	2.0242 (1.253, 3.328)	0.0034
ICU admission	185 (0.082%)	611 (0.112%)	0.736 (0.625, 0.868)	0.0005	185 (0.082%)	215 (0.096%)	0.860 (0.707, 1.047)	0.1334
Deceased	72 (0.032%)	535 (0.098%)	0.327 (0.256, 0.419)	<0.0001	72 (0.032%)	91 (0.041%)	0.791 (0.581, 1.078)	0.1366

ARF, acute rheumatic fever; CI, confidence interval; GAS, Group A Streptococcus; OR, odds ratio.