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. 2022 Sep 20;10(5):e01922-22. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01922-22

TABLE 2.

Factors associated with a positive SARS-CoV-2 rapid diagnostic test (RDT)a

Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
Variables OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value
SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant 2.54 1.35–4.88 0.004 1.09 0.09–12.36 0.943
Female sex 1.22 0.62–2.36 0.556 - - -
Time between onset of symptoms and clinical sampling 0.86 0.71–1.04 0.127 0.88 0.58–1.27 0.504
Time between onset of symptoms and last vaccine injection 1.01 0.99–1.01 0.066 - - -
No. of symptoms 1.34 1.02–1.79 0.042 0.69 0.19–2.16 0.544
Rhinitis 0.77 0.36–1.61 0.485 - - -
Fever 2.20 1.01–5.10 0.055 1.18 0.09–17.76 0.898
Dry cough 1.95 0.91–4.33 0.092 5.59 0.62–78.24 0.146
Headache 0.73 0.33–1.63 0.443 - - -
Sore throat 0.63 0.25–1.63 0.337 - - -
Asthenia 1.02 0.42–2.63 0.959 - - -
Anosmia 2.99 0.46–58.14 0.325 - - -
Ageusia - - - - - -
Myalgia 3.17 1.26–9.15 0.020 5.87 0.58–109.4 0.166
SARS-CoV-2 E gene (Ct) 0.44 0.31–0.56 <0.0001 0.34 0.14–0.55 0.001
SARS-CoV-2 RIs (Ct) 0.47 0.36–0.59 <0.0001 - - -

aCI, confidence interval; Ct, cycle threshold; E gene, SARS-CoV-2 envelope glycoprotein gene; OR, odds ratio; RI, replicative intermediate RNAs; RNA, RNA; -, parameter not included in uni- or multivariate analysis.