Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers at a research reference center in Brazil, from October 2020 to July 2022
| Clinical symptoms | SARS-CoV-2 infection | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Total | Odds ratio(OD); p- value | ||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Fever | |||||||
| No | 143 | 26.7 | 393 | 73.3 | 536 | 63.4 |
2020(OR:3.1246;p:0,06); 2021 (OR:2.6070;p:0.002); |
| Yes | 126 | 40.8 | 183 | 59.2 | 309 | 36.6 | 2022 (OR:1.4094; p:0.14) |
| Runny Nose | |||||||
| No | 96 | 27.6 | 252 | 72.4 | 348 | 41.2 |
2020(OR:1.1690;p:0.68); 2021(OR:0.4857;p:0.05); |
|
Yes Nasal |
173 | 34.8 | 324 | 65.2 | 497 | 58.8 | 2022 (OR:2.7986; p:0.0001) |
| obstruction | |||||||
| No | 181 | 30.4 | 415 | 69.3 | 596 | 70.5 |
2020(OR:0.5037;p:0.23); 2021(OR:1.2018;p:0.48); |
| Yes | 89 | 35.7 | 160 | 64.3 | 249 | 29.5 | 2022(OR:1.7882; p:0.06) |
| Arthralgia | |||||||
| No | 248 | 31.1 | 549 | 68.9 | 797 | 94.3 |
2020(OR:4.2759;p:0.02); 2021(OR:2.7143;p:0.03); |
| Yes | 22 | 45.8 | 26 | 54.2 | 48 | 5.7 | 2022 (OR:0.0396; p:089) |
| Myalgia | |||||||
| No | 201 | 31.5 | 437 | 68.5 | 638 | 75.5 |
2020(OR:2.2042;p:0.06); 2021(OR:0.8000;p:0.45); |
| Yes | 69 | 33.3 | 138 | 66.7 | 207 | 24.5 | 2022 (OR:1.1916;p:0.51) |
| Cough | |||||||
| No | 65 | 20.4 | 253 | 79.6 | 318 | 37.6 |
2020(OR:2.1529;p:0.06); 2021(OR:1.6667;p:0.05); |
| Yes | 205 | 38.9 | 322 | 61.1 | 527 | 62.4 | 2022 (OR:2.8085; p:0.0001) |
| Headache | |||||||
| No | 144 | 32.3 | 302 | 67.7 | 446 | 52.7 |
2020(OR:0.6682;p:0.30); 2021(OR:0.8435;p:0.50); |
| Yes | 126 | 31.6 | 273 | 68.4 | 399 | 47.3 | 2022 (OR:1.2911; p:0.26) |
| Sore throat | |||||||
| No | 87 | 30.1 | 202 | 69.9 | 289 | 34.2 |
2020(OR:0.9190;p:0.82); 2021(OR:1.2868;p:0.38); |
| Yes | 183 | 33.0 | 373 | 67.0 | 556 | 65.8 | 2022(OR:1.2460, p:0.41) |
| Chills | |||||||
| No | 203 | 28.0 | 522 | 72.0 | 725 | 85.8 |
2020(OR:9.000;p:0.002); 2021(OR:2.1750;p:0.01); |
| Yes | 67 | 55.8 | 53 | 44.2 | 120 | 14.2 | 2022 (OR:3.6056; p:0.0001) |
| Dyspneia | |||||||
| No | 251 | 32.0 | 534 | 68.0 | 785 | 92.9 |
2020(OR:0.4583;p:0.46); 2021(OR:1.6182;p:0.19); |
| Yes | 19 | 31.7 | 41 | 68.3 | 60 | 7.1 | 2022 (OR:1.9211; p:0.34) |
| Diarrhea | |||||||
| No | 229 | 32.9 | 468 | 67.1 | 697 | 82.5 |
2020(OR:2.6065;p:0.02); 2021(OR:0.8182;p:0.56); |
| Yes | 41 | 27.7 | 107 | 72.3 | 148 | 17.5 | 2022(OR:1.1486; p:0.70) |
*Logistic regression test