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. 2024 Feb 8;25(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s10194-024-01728-z

Table 1.

Differences between patients with and without headache

Variable Entire study sample (n = 7832) Patients without headache (n = 2557) Patients with headache (n = 5275) P value
Female sex 3856 (49.2%) 1221 (47.8%) 2635 (50.0%) 0.068
Cardiovascular disorders 193 (2.5%) 64 (2.5%) 129 (2.4%) 0.878
Diabetes 211 (2.7%) 41 (1.6%) 170 (3.2%)  < 0.001
COPD 79 (1.0%) 17 (0.7%) 62 (1.2%) 0.034
Cancer 65 (0.8%) 16 (0.6%) 49 (0.9%) 0.165
Kidney disorders 21 (0.3%) 3 (0.1%) 18 (0.3%) 0.072
Hepatic disorders 14 (0.2%) 4 (0.2%) 10 (0.2%) 0.745
Obesity 67 (0.9%) 15 (0.6%) 52 (1.0%) 0.072
Vaccination 337 (4.3%) 112 (4.4%) 225 (4.3%) 0.814
Onset within 48 h 4573 (58.4%) 1398 (54.7%) 3175 (60.2%)  < 0.001
Epidemiological contact 2964 (37.8%) 884 (34.6%) 2080 (39.4%)  < 0.001
Sudden onset 7325 (93.5%) 2308 (90.3%) 5017 (95.1%)  < 0.001
Fever 7427 (94.8%) 2361 (92.3%) 5066 (96.0%)  < 0.001
Shivering 5129 (65.5%) 1188 (46.5%) 3941 (74.7%)  < 0.001
Asthenia 6009 (76.7%) 1548 (60.5%) 4461 (84.6%)  < 0.001
Myalgia 5248 (67.0%) 1158 (45.3%) 4090 (77.5%)  < 0.001
Cough 6695 (85.5%) 2135 (83.5%) 4560 (86.4%) 0.001
Dyspnea 736 (9.4%) 208 (8.1%) 528 (10.0%) 0.008
Nasopharyngeal erythema 6838 (87.3%) 2128 (83.2%) 4710 (89.3%)  < 0.001
Gastrointestinal symptoms 2123 (27.1%) 628 (24.6%) 1495 (28.3%)  < 0.001
Oropharyngeal swab obtention 2113 (27.0%) 668 (26.1%) 1445 (27.4%) 0.235
Confirmed infection 1194/2113 (56.5%) 376/668 (56.3%) 818/1445 (56.6%) 0.985
A subtype 809/1194 (67.8%) 257/376 (68.4%) 552/818 (67.5%) 0.764
B subtype 385/1194 (32.2%) 119/376 (31.6%) 266/818 (32.5%) 0.823
Hospital referral 49 (0.6%) 25 (1.0%) 24 (0.5%) 0.006
Scholar absenteeism 2205/6624 (33.3%) 765/2315 (33.0%) 1440/4309 (33.4%) 0.759
Medical leave 591 (7.5%) 120 (4.7%) 471 (8.9%)  < 0.001

COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Differing denominators indicate subgroup analyses