Table 1 Participants’ characteristics and Ct values at baseline

Participants’ characteristics

 Age (years): mean (SD)

42 (14)

43 (15)

41 (14)

0.58

 Sex (n (%))

  Male

65 (55.6)

33 (50.8)

32 (49.2)

  Female

52 (44.4)

24 (46.2)

28 (53.8)

0.62

 Medical history (n (%))

  None

85 (72.6)

36 (42.3)

49 (57.6)

0.06

  Asthma

8 (6.8)

3 (37.5)

5 (62.5)

0.26

  Diabetes millitus

14 (11.9)

7 (50.0)

7 (50.0)

0.81

  Arterial hypertension

8 (6.8)

6 (75.0)

2 (25.0)

0.66

  Others

7 (5.9)

5 (71.4)

2 (28.5)

0.85

 Symptoms (n (%))

  None

77 (65.8)

34 (44.2)

43 (55.8)

0.35

  Otorhinolaryngologic symptoms^a

15 (12.8)

7 (46.7)

8 (53.3)

0.85

  Respiratory symptoms ^b

7 (6.0)

4 (57.1)

3 (42.9)

0.51

  Digestive disorders^c

3 (2.6)

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

0.71

  General signs^d

15 (12.8)

4 (26.7)

11 (73.3)

0.047

Baseline Ct values: mean (SD)

 All

29.0

30.0

0.653

 Clinical form

  Symptomatic form

27.7 (12.9)

26.1 (14.2)

29.6 (11.5)

0.421

  Asymptomatic form

30.37 (9.63)

30.7 (9.2)

30 (10.1)

0.787

 Symptoms

  None

30.5 (9.4)

30.8 (9)

30.2 (9.8)

0.805

  Otorhinolaryngological symptoms^a

30 (9.3)

26 (13.1)

33.1 (3.5)

0.166

  Respiratory symptoms^b

33.6 (2.88)

32.5 (3.5)

34.3 (2.8)

0.565

  General signs^d

24.4 (16.3)

24 (16.8)

25.5 (17.2)

0.884

 Medical history

  No

30.3 (9.6)

28.8 (11.2)

31.3 (8.2)

0.322

  Yes

27.3 (13.3)

28.3 (12.5)

26 (14.7)

0.639