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Table 1 Description of samples collected for this study

From: Differential effects of frozen storage on the molecular detection of bacterial taxa that inhabit the nasopharynx

Subject

Sex

NP Swabs Collected

Fresh DNA Extractions

Frozen Storage

Frozen DNA Extractions

Age at Collection (Weeks)

Before Frozen Storage

95% CI (Poisson)

After Frozen Storage

95% CI (Poisson)

1

M

1

2

30 days

2

16.9

12.0

7.7:17.9

14.5

9.7:20.8

2

M

1

2

30 days

2

16.6

3.5

1.4:7.2

11.5

7.3:17.3

3

F

1

2

30 days

2

16.4

8.0

4.6:13.0

1.5

0.3:4.4

4

F

1

2

30 days

2

16.1

13.5

8.9:19.6

0

0:1.8*

5

F

1

2

30 days

2

16.1

9.5

5.7:14.8

0

0:1.8*

6

F

1

2

30 days

2

16.0

10.0

6.1:15.4

1.0

0.1:3.6

7

M

1

2

30 days

2

26.6

6.5

3.5:11.1

3.5

1.4:7.2

8

F

1

2

30 days

2

26.6

3.5

1.4:7.2

5.5

2.7:9.8

9

F

1

2

30 days

2

26.3

6.5

3.5:11.1

5.0

2.4:9.2

10

F

1

2

30 days

2

25.9

10.0

6.1:15.4

9.0

5.3:14.2

11

M

1

2

30 days

2

26.1

14.0

9.3:20.2

12.0

7.7:17.9

12

M

1

2

30 days

2

26.1

11.5

7.3:17.3

12.0

7.7:17.9

  1. (*) one-sided, 97.5% confidence interval (CI)