Table 4 Shedding time and associations with malignancy type

From: Patterns of seroconversion for SARS-CoV-2 IgG in patients with malignant disease and association with anticancer therapy

Type of malignancy

Hematological malignancy

Solid malignancy

P value

SARS-CoV-2 PCR shedding time (mean)

61 d

33 d

0.007

Number of patients

12

35

 

SARS-CoV-2 IgG test

Hematological malignancy

Solid malignancy

 

SARS-CoV-2 IgG positive

9

31

 

SARS-CoV-2 IgG negative

3

4

 
  1. Statistical test used is analysis of variance chi-squared test (sidedness is not applicable).
  2. Data were collected using Microsoft Excel and analyzed using R 3.6.2 (Methods).
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