Table 3

Patient characteristics by group

p Value
Patient characteristicsFN group (n=15†)TP group (n=43)TN group (n=21)FN vs TPFN vs TN
Age in years
 Median3130290.8800.653
 Range20–5721–6223–63
Age distribution (years)n (%)n (%)n (%)
 <306 (40.0)19 (44.2)11 (52.4)
 30–496 (40.0)20 (46.5)8 (38.1)
 ≥503 (20.0)4 (9.3)2 (9.5)
Male sex7 (46.7)17 (39.5)9 (42.9)0.7631.000
Vaccination status5 (33.3)22 (51.2)13 (61.9)0.3680.176
Time to test from symptom onset (hours)
 Mean11.4±10.922.0±17.315.7±16.80.009*0.449
Time to test from symptom onset (hours)n (%)n (%)n (%)
 <63 (20.0)4 (9.3)2 (14.3)
 6–126 (40.0)6 (14.0)2 (9.5)
 12–245 (33.3)16 (37.2)11 (52.4)
 24–480 (0.0)11 (25.6)2 (9.5)
 ≥481 (6.7)6 (14.0)2 (9.5)
 Unknown0 (0.0)0 (0.0)1 (4.8)
  • *p<0.05.

  • †Excluded one patient with bacterial pneumonia that developed after influenza virus infection.

  • FN, false negative; TN, true negative; TP, true positive.