From: Initial viral cycle threshold values in patients with COVID-19 and their clinical significance
Baseline characteristics | Low Ct value (N = 101) | Medium Ct value (N = 19) | P value |
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Age (mean, SD) years | 57.05 (15.09) | 50.79 (13.00) | 0.04* |
Male | 63 (62.4) | 11 (57.9) | 0.71 |
Lung disease | 8 (7.9) | 3 (15.8) | 0.28 |
Cardiac disease | 22 (21.8) | 4 (21.1) | 0.94 |
Diabetes mellitus | 53 (52.5) | 7 (36.8) | 0.21 |
COPD | 2 (2.0) | 0 | 0.54 |
Hemodialysis | 4 (4.0) | 2 (10.5) | 0.23 |
ESRD | 7 (6.9) | 4 (21.1) | 0.05 |
Heart failure | 7 (6.9) | 2 (10.5) | 0.59 |
Contact with another person | 33 (32.7) | 5 (26.3) | 0.59 |