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Table 2 The association between longer time to SARS-CoV-2 RNA negativity and age, sex, interval between disease onset and hospital admission, disease severity for COVID-19 patients

From: Prolonged viral shedding of SARS-CoV-2 and related factors in symptomatic COVID-19 patients: a prospective study

Characteristics

Crude

Adjusted*

HR (95% CI)

P value

HR (95% CI)

P value

Age, years

    

 ≤ 60

Reference

 

Reference

 

 > 60

0.72 (0.55–0.95)

0.019

0.73 (0.55–0.96)

0.025

Sex

    

 Male

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Female

0.79 (0.60–1.03)

0.083

0.72 (0.55–0.96)

0.023

Interval#, days

    

 ≤ 10

Reference

 

Reference

 

 > 10

0.45 (0.34–0.60)

 < 0.001

0.44 (0.33–0.59)

 < 0.001

Disease severity

    

 Mild

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Severe

0.72 (0.44–1.21)

0.217

0.72 (0.42–1.21)

0.216

  1. HR hazard ratio; CI confidence interval
  2. *Independent variables including age, sex and any comorbidity were included into multivariate Cox regression model
  3. #Indicates interval between disease onset and hospital admission. The univariate and multivariate Cox regression model were used in the analysis
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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