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Table 1 Demographic factors related to the viral load of SARS-CoV-2 in feces (N = 88)

From: Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 spike RNA sequences in feces and nasopharynx indicates intestinal replication

Patient factor

Viral loadv

P-value

Low

N = 22 (%)

Moderate

N = 38 (%)

High

N = 28 (%)

Male gendera

15 (68)

25 (66)

16 (57)

0.5c

Ageb

59 ± 15

59 ± 13

60 ± 15

0.9d

Critical diseasea

4 (18)

11 (29)

5 (18)

0.1c

Severe diseasea

7 (32)

12 (32)

5 (18)

0.2c

Days spent in hospitalb

14 ± 15

17 ± 18

17 ± 22

0.9d

Days of symptoms prior to stool samplingb

14 ± 5

12 ± 4

11 ± 4

0.09d

Thirty-day mortalitya

1 (5)

2 (5)

0 (0)

0.7c

CRP maximum (mg/L)b

160 ± 70

160 ± 80

130 ± 90

0.4d

Lymphocytes minimum (109/L)b

0.8 ± 0.3

0.9 ± 0.4

0.9 ± 0.3

0.7d

Body mass index (kg/m2)b

30 ± 5

30 ± 7

29 ± 5

0.9d

Hypertensiona

7 (32)

15 (39)

10 (36)

0.6c

Other morbidityaf

9 (41)

7 (18)

13 (46)

0.07c

Immunosuppressiona

1 (5)

1 (3)

2 (7)

0.8c

Remdesivir treatmenta

1 (5)

2 (5)

2 (7)

1c

Corticosteroid treatmenta

17 (77)

34 (89)

19 (68)

0.2c

IL6 receptor-inhibitor treatmenta

3 (14)

2 (5)

2 (7)

0.7c

  1. vNegative (cycle threshold > 39); low (Ct 36–39); moderate (Ct 32–36); high Ct < 32)
  2. aSum (%)
  3. bMean value ± standard deviation
  4. cPearson Chi-square
  5. dOne-way ANOVA
  6. fDiabetes mellitus type 1 or 2, chronic lung disease, chronic kidney disease and/or malignancy