Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and conjunctival sac swab findings

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection

Table 3 The cycle threshold (C_T) values from patients with positive PCR test in conjunctival sac swab

Patients	No	C_T value in nasopharynx ^a	C_T value in conjunctiva ^a	p
Female	16	23.58 ± 5.53	31.44 ± 3.92	< 0,001
Male	17	23.38 ± 4.73	29.91 ± 3.31	< 0,001
Overall	33	23.48 ± 5.06	30.65 ± 3.64	< 0,001

^aMean and Standard Error of Mean (SEM) were calculated, and were showed as Mean ± SEM