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Table 4 Recovery time length association with early/late/no drug use

From: Antiviral drugs arbidol and interferon alpha-1b contribute to reducing the severity of COVID-19 patients: a retrospective cohort study

 

Drug use

Beta (95% CI)

P-value

Arbidol

Early use vs No use

− 5.2 (− 7.5, − 3.0)

4.0E−06

Late use vs No use

1.4 (− 0.1, 2.9)

0.074

Overall use vs No use

− 0.1 (− 1.8, 1.6)

0.91

Ribavirin

Early use vs No use

− 0.3 (− 2.2, 1.59)

0.75

Late use vs No use

3.0 (1.1, 4.8)

0.0018

Overall use vs No use

2.1 (0.5, 3.7)

0.01

IFN-α

Early use vs No use

− 0.2 (− 2.0, 1.6)

0.82

Late use vs No use

2.2 (− 0.1, 4.4)

0.06

Overall use vs No use

1.4 (− 0.6, 3.4)

0.17

Lopinavir–ritonavir

Early use vs No use

4.7 (3.1, 6.2)

1.8E−08

Late use vs No use

7.5 (5.4, 9.6)

1.7E−11

Overall use vs No use

4.1 (2.3, 5.9)

1.4E−05

  1. Association test between patients’ recovery time length against where early drug use or not; late drug use or not. Multivariate linear regression model was used and risk factors and confounding factors were adjusted