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. 2020 Jun 21;81(3):e61–e63. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.06.048

Table 1.

Characteristics of the 278 symptomatic health care workers tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital from March 13th to April 3rd, 2020, according to gender and department.

Total n = 278
Men n = 73
Women n = 205
p Clinical HCW n = 226
Non-clinical HCW n = 51
p
N N N value N N value
Age, n, median [IQR] 278 39 [30–50] 73 41 [30–52] 205 38 [29–48] 0.21 226 37 [29–48] 51 46 [36–53] 0.0001
Gender, n (%) 278 73 205 226 51
Men 73 (26) 73 (100) 0 (0) 53 (24) 20 (39) 0.033
Women 205 (74) 0 (0) 205 (100) 173 (76) 31 (61)
Health care worker, n (%)* 277 73 204 226 51 < 0.0001
Medical 52 (19) 20 (27) 32 (16) 0.0002 40 (18) 12 (24)
Non-medical 179 (65) 34 (47) 145 (71) 161 (71) 18 (35)
Medical student 17 (6) 6 (8) 11 (5) 15 (7) 2 (4)
Non-medical student 6 (2) 0 (0) 6 (3) 6 (3) 0 (0)
Others 23 (8) 13 (18) 10 (5) 4 (1) 19 (37)
Health care department, n (%)⁎⁎ 277 73 204 225 51
Clinical 226 (82) 53 (73) 173 (85) 0.03 226 (100) 0 (0)
Non-clinical 51 (18) 20 (27) 31 (15) 0 (0) 51 (100)
Symptoms, median [IQR] 278 3 [2–4] 73 3 [2–4] 205 3 [3–4] 0.0026 226 3 [3–4] 51 3 [2–5] 0.67
Days between onset of symptoms and consultation, median [IQR] 256 2 [1–4] 68 2 [1–4] 188 3 [1–4] 0.088 209 2 [1–4] 46 3 [2–4] 0.35

n: number; IQR: interquartile; HCW: Health care worker; ICU: intensive care unit; SARS-CoV-2: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

medical HCW includes physicians and pharmacists, non-medical HCW includes nurses, assistant-nurses, psychologist, physiotherapist, laboratory technician and others HCW includes personal from administrative, maintenance and restoration services.

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clinical departments include medicine, surgical and intensive care unit and non-clinical departments include laboratory, pharmacy, administrative, maintenance and restoration departments.