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Table 2 Overview of studies calculating incubation period for SARS-CoV-2

From: The incubation period during the pandemic of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors

(n/N)┼

Incubation period (days)

Median [IQR]

Mean±SD

Range

Guan et al. [27]

291/1099

4 [2.0–7.0]

-

-

Ki and Task Force for 2019-nCoV [28]

10/28

3

3.9

0–15

Chen et al. [43]

12/ 12

-

8

1–13

Gao et al. [7]

6/15

10

-

3–12

Huang et al. [8]

6/8

2.0

-

1–4

Pung et al. [38]

19/36

4 [3.0–6.0]

-

-

Song et al. [39]

22/24

-

-

2–13

Tian et al. [44]

262/262

-

6.7 ±5.2

-

Wang et al. [25]

631/631

-

 

Max 19

Xia et al. [40]

9/10

-

7 ± 2.59

2–14

Xu et al. [54]

 Imported

 Secondary

 Tertiary

15/51

17/51

19/51

8 [4.0–10.0]

8 [4.0–11.0]

12 [9.0–14.0]

-

-

Bernard et al. [41]

3/3

-

-

3–7

Yu et al. [30]

132/333

G1 (n=64)

G2 (n=57)

G3 (n=11)

7.8 [5.0–8.2]

7.5 [5.0–7.9]

9 [5.0–8.0]

-

-

-

0.5–20

0.5–23

1–14

Zheng et al. [45]

61/73

-

-

Max 26

Zhao et al. [46]

6/136

6 [4.0–11.0]

-

1–21

Zhang et al. [59]

194

-

7.44

0.08–18

Xiao et al. [31]

2555/ 4741

-

8.98

-

Wong et al. [32]

135/135

5.0

-

1–11

Tan et al. [48]

164

5.0

5.7±3.5

1–17

Nie et al. [60]

2907/7015

5.0 [2.0–8.0]

-

Max 24

Lou et al. [50]

45/80

5.0 [2.0–10.0]

-

0–23

Liu et al. [62]

58/365

5.0 [3.0–8.0]

6.0

1–16

Li et al. [49]

74/74

5.0 [4.0–7.0]

-

-

Alsofayan et al. [53]

309/1519

6.0 [7.5]

-

-

Bohmer et al. [42]

16

4.0 [2.3–4.3]

-

-

You et al. [36]

169/198

7.0 [4.5–10]

8.0±4.75

0–23.5

  1. ┼Proportion of cases on which was calculated the incubation period among all participants in the study
  2. SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range