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. 2024 Oct 7;24:1116. doi: 10.1186/s12879-024-09999-2

Table 3.

Factors associated with clinical presentations and underlying conditions

Presentations/conditions Factors Percentagea χ2 p-value Odds ratio 95% CI p-value
Clinical presentations
Pneumonia Delta 69.6% <0.001* 8.127 3.080–21.443 <0.001*
Omicron 22.0%
Sore throat Delta 26.1% 0.004* 0.276 0.112–0.681 0.005*
Omicron 56.1%
Congestion or runny nose Delta 28.3% 0.016* 0.340 0.140–0.827 0.017*
Omicron 53.7%
Headache Delta 8.7% 0.025* 0.260 0.075–0.894 0.033*
Omicron 26.8%
Shortness of breath Asthma 50.0% 0.008* 10.857 1.320–89.312 0.027*
No Asthma 8.4%
Hematologic disease 66.7% 0.001* 22.000 1.766–273.997 0.016*
No hematologic disease 8.3%
Underlying conditions
Hypertension Delta 26.1% 0.049* 0.409 0.166–1.005 0.051
Omicron 46.3%
Age ≥ 60 64.5% <0.001* 7.438 2.770–19.975 <0.001*
Age 18–59 19.6%
Dyslipidemia Delta 21.7% 0.015* 0.322 0.127–0.816 0.017*
Omicron 46.3%
Age ≥ 60 61.3% <0.001* 7.283 2.693–19.699 <0.001*
Age 18–59 17.9%
Obesity Age ≥ 60 9.7% 0.028* 0.246 0.066–0.920 0.037*
Age 18–59 30.4%
Diabetes Age ≥ 60 32.3% 0.013* 3.968 1.278–12.324 0.017*
Age 18–59 10.7%
Adjusted odds ratio
Dyslipidemia Delta 0.361 0.130–1.005 0.051
Omicron
Age ≥ 60 6.819 2.456–18.931 <0.001*
Age 18–59

a, Percentage of participants presented with the clinical presentations or conditions in each factor category; *, statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05