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. 2023 Jan 9;95(2):e28445. doi: 10.1002/jmv.28445

Table 1.

Patient characteristics for saliva samples

Variable SARS‐CoV‐2 SARS‐CoV‐2 p Value
Negative (n = 18) Positive (n = 60)
Age (years), mean (SD) 44.85 (16.31) 54.51 (16.40) 0.03
Sex: Male, n (%) 10 (55.56) 40 (66.67) 0.561
BMI, mean (SD) 30.4 (9.73)a 34.43 (10.87) 0.146
Race: African American, n (%) 9 (50) 40 (66.67) 0.315
Current smoker: Yes, n (%) 4 (22.22) 6 (10) 0.227b
Hospitalization, n (%) 2 (11.11) 57 (95) <0.001b
Ventilator, n (%) 0 (0) 7 (11.67) 0.192b
Death due to COVID, n (%) 0 (0) 3 (5) 1b
Chronic pulmonary disease: Yes, n (%)c 5 (35.71) 16 (30.77) 0.724
Congestive heart failure: Yes, n (%)c 0 (0) 14 (26.92) 0.03b
Diabetes: Yes, n (%)c 3 (21.43) 30 (57.69) 0.033b
Obesity: Yes, n (%)c 1 (7.14) 15 (28.85) 0.159b
Hypertension: Yes, n (%)c 5 (35.71) 31 (59.62) 0.111

Note: Significance was evaluated on the basis of the Mann–Whitney U test and the χ 2 test or Fisher's exact test.

Abbreviations: COVID, coronavirus disease 2019; SARS‐CoV‐2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

a

One missing value.

b

p Value calculated using Fisher's exact test.

c

Four missing values in SARS‐CoV‐2‐negative group and eight missing values in SARS‐CoV‐2‐positive group.