a clear trendP = 0.12
When considering patients with COVID-19 for the analysis (matched for time since symptoms onset: median, 3 days in both groups), a clear trend ( P = 0.12) towards higher viral RNA loads was observed in non-vaccinated individuals (8.1 log 10 copies/ml; range, 3.3–11.6) compared with vaccinated participants (median, 7.4 log 10 copies/ml; range, 3.3–11.2).