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Table 1 General characteristics of the patients

From: Early administration of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir leads to faster negative SARS-CoV-2 nasal swabs than monoclonal antibodies in COVID 19 patients at high-risk for severe disease

 

Molnupiravir

(N=69)

mAbs

(N=135)

Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir

(N=166)

Remdesivir

(N=58)

p-value

Days of negativization

median [Q1, Q3]

9.00 [7.00, 12.0]

11.0 [7.00, 15.0]

8.00 [7.00, 12.0]

9.00 [7.00, 12.8]

0.014

min-max

4.00-26.0

4.00-44.0

4.00-42.0

4.00-38.0

 

Age

median [Q1, Q3]

79.0 [61.0, 84.0]

61.0 [50.5, 73.0]

64.0 [53.3, 77.0]

65.5 [55.0, 73.8]

<0.001

min-max

40.0-90.0

24.0-94.0

23.0-95.0

26.0-88.0

 

Sex

0

30 (43.5%)

62 (45.9%)

83 (50.0%)

26 (44.8%)

0.773

1Male sex 111

39 (56.5%)

73 (54.1%)

83 (50.0%)

32 (55.2%)

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

No

4 (5.8%)

23 (17.0%)

9 (5.4%)

2 (3.4%)

<0.001

Yes

65 (94.2%)

112 (83.0%)

157 (94.6%)

56 (96.6%)

Number of vaccination doses

median [Q1, Q3]

3.00 [3.00, 3.00]

2.00 [2.00, 3.00]

3.00 [3.00, 3.00]

3.00 [3.00, 3.00]

<0.001

min-max

0-5.00

0-4.00

0-4.00

0-4.00

 

Virus variant

BA1

7 (10.1%)

44 (32.6%)

7 (4.2%)

15 (25.9%)

<0.001

BA2, BN, XBB, OM4

13 (18.8%)

23 (17.0%)

55 (33.1%)

11 (19.0%)

BA3, BA4, BA5, BE, BQ, BF

22 (31.9%)

1 (0.7%)

45 (27.1%)

6 (10.3%)

Delta

3 (4.3%)

34 (25.2%)

1 (0.6%)

2 (3.4%)

NA

24 (34.8%)

33 (24.4%)

58 (34.9%)

24 (41.4%)

Chronic kidney disease

No

57 (82.6%)

120 (88.9%)

155 (93.4%)

52 (89.7%)

0.099

Yes

12 (17.4%)

15 (11.1%)

11 (6.6%)

6 (10.3%)

Cardiovascular disease

No

13 (18.8%)

73 (54.1%)

90 (54.2%)

22 (37.9%)

<0.001

Yes

56 (81.2%)

62 (45.9%)

76 (45.8%)

36 (62.1%)

Oncological disease

No

59 (85.5%)

111 (82.2%)

138 (83.1%)

48 (82.8%)

0.948

Yes

10 (14.5%)

24 (17.8%)

28 (16.9%)

10 (17.2%)

COPD

No

54 (78.3%)

115 (85.2%)

129 (77.7%)

41 (70.7%)

0.125

Yes

15 (21.7%)

20 (14.8%)

37 (22.3%)

17 (29.3%)

Immunosuppression*

No

61 (88.4%)

79 (58.5%)

95 (57.2%)

41 (70.7%)

<0.001

Yes

8 (11.6%)

56 (41.5%)

71 (42.8%)

17 (29.3%)

Obesity

No

59 (85.5%)

108 (80.0%)

137 (82.5%)

40 (69.0%)

0.092

Yes

10 (14.5%)

27 (20.0%)

29 (17.5%)

18 (31.0%)

Diabetes

No

50 (72.5%)

116 (85.9%)

144 (86.7%)

42 (72.4%)

0.008

Yes

19 (27.5%)

19 (14.1%)

22 (13.3%)

16 (27.6%)

Hepatic disease

No

68 (98.6%)

131 (97.0%)

157 (94.6%)

54 (93.1%)

0.325

Yes

1 (1.4%)

4 (3.0%)

9 (5.4%)

4 (6.9%)

Hemoglobinopathy

No

67 (97.1%)

133 (98.5%)

162 (97.6%)

58 (100%)

0.598

Yes

2 (2.9%)

2 (1.5%)

4 (2.4%)

0 (0%)

Neurological disease

No

65 (94.2%)

110 (81.5%)

146 (88.0%)

54 (93.1%)

0.029

Yes

4 (5.8%)

25 (18.5%)

20 (12.0%)

4 (6.9%)

Number of comorbidities

median [Q1, Q3]

2.00 [1.00, 3.00]

1.00 [1.00, 2.00]

1.00 [1.00, 2.00]

2.00 [1.00, 3.00]

0.003

min-max

0-4.00

0-5.00

0-4.00

0-4.00

 
  1. COPD chronic obstructive disease
  2. * Immunodepression was defined as the presence of AIDS, solid organ or blood stem cell transplantation, and all those conditions requiring the use of corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive medications