Table 2 Variance in droplet production between participants when singing a note and ‘Happy Birthday’.

From: Spatiotemporal droplet dispersion measurements demonstrate face masks reduce risks from singing

Task

Condition

Between-participant variance* (× 10–3 scale)

Estimate (95% CI)

Happy Birthday

No mask

2.85 (1.31, 6.14)

Mask

1.47 (0.68, 3.19)

Note

No mask

2.58 (0.83, 8.02)

Mask

1.66 (0.53, 5.22)

  1. *Obtained from multilevel negative binomial regression analyses.