Sociodemographic characteristics and comorbidities of the study population stratified by severity of symptoms
| Variable | All (N=236) | SARS-CoV-2 test result | ||||
| Positive (n=103) | Negative (n=133) | |||||
| Symptom severity score ≤18 | Symptom severity score >18 | Symptom severity score ≤18 | Symptom severity score >18 | Symptom severity score ≤18 | Symptom severity score >18 | |
| Age (years) | 34 (26–46) | 32 (27–44) | 28 (22–38) | 32 (26–44) | 36 (28–46)* | 32 (27–45) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 72 (61) | 81 (69) | 14 (70) | 56 (68) | 58 (59) | 25 (74) |
| Male | 47 (39) | 36 (31) | 6 (30) | 27 (33) | 41 (41) | 9 (26) |
| Occupation | ||||||
| Employee | 56 (47) | 37 (32) | 8 (40) | 27 (33) | 48 (49) | 10 (29)† |
| Housewife | 19 (16) | 26 (22) | 4 (20) | 23 (28) | 15 (15) | 3 (9)† |
| Student | 13 (11) | 13 (11) | 5 (25) | 6 (7) | 8 (8) | 7 (21)† |
| Other | 31 (26) | 41 (35) | 3 (15) | 27 (33) | 28 (8) | 14 (41)† |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.8±4.8 | 27.2±5.3 | 27.0±7.6 | 27.1±5.2 | 26.8±4.0 | 27.4±5.8 |
| Overweight or obese | 79 (66) | 82 (70) | 11 (55) | 58 (70) | 68 (69) | 24 (70) |
| Smoker | 17 (15) | 22 (23) | 4 (21) | 13 (21) | 13 (14) | 9 (28) |
| Hypertension | 6 (5) | 9 (10) | 0 (0) | 5 (8) | 6 (6.4) | 4 (13) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 5 (4) | 9 (10) | 0 (0) | 7 (11) | 5 (5) | 2 (6) |
Data are shown as absolute value (percentage), mean±SD or median (25th–75th percentile).
*P<0.05 (compared with group with positive test and severity score ≤18).
†P<0.05 (compared with group with positive test and severity score >18).
BMI, body mass index.