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Table 4 Comparison of the average cellularity of samples taken from different age groups: all samples (AS), positive (P) in viral detection and negative (N) in viral detection (ns not significant)

From: Study and interest of cellular load in respiratory samples for the optimization of molecular virological diagnosis in clinical practice

Cellularity (Log/ml):

Infants

Children

Adults

Elderly

for

AS

5.07

5.25

4.17

4.7

P

5.19

5.27

4.4

4.92

N

4.94

5.22

3.95

4.47

Infants

AS

 

ns

p < 0.0001

p < 0.001

P

 

ns

p < 0.001

ns

N

 

ns

p < 0.001

p = 0.018

Children

AS

ns

 

p < 0.0001

p < 0.0001

P

ns

 

p < 0.001

ns

N

ns

 

p < 0.001

p = 0.002

Adults

AS

p < 0.0001

p < 0.0001

 

p = 0.011

P

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

 

p = 0.015

N

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

 

p = 0.029

Elderly

AS

p < 0.001

p < 0.0001

p = 0.011

 

P

ns

ns

p = 0.015

 

N

p = 0.018

p = 0.002

p = 0.029