TABLE 1.
Clinical characteristics of the whole sample and stratified for COVID-19 diagnosis
| Whole sample (n=2113) | Hospitalised (n=112) | Nonhospitalised (confirmed COVID-19) (n=345) | Nonhospitalised (symptom-based COVID-19) (n=882) | Nonhospitalised (suspected COVID-19) (n=774) | p-value | |
| Women | 1803 (85.3) | 78 (69.6) | 314 (91.0) | 774 (87.8) | 637 (82.3) | <0.001 |
| Age years | 47.0 (39.0–54.0) | 53.0 (46.3–60.0) | 47.0 (37.0–53.5) | 46.0 (38.0–53.0) | 47.0 (39.0–54.0) | <0.001 |
| BMI kg·m−2 | 25.2 (22.6–28.8) | 26.9 (24.5–30.9) | 26.0 (23.2–29.4) | 25.0 (22.3–28.7) | 24.9 (22.5–28.4) | <0.001 |
| Self-reported pre-existing comorbidities | ||||||
| None | 1293 (61.2) | 51 (45.5) | 225 (65.2) | 523 (59.3) | 494 (63.8) | 0.007 |
| 1 comorbidity | 541 (25.6) | 40 (35.7) | 77 (22.3) | 240 (27.2) | 184 (23.8) | |
| ≥2 comorbidities | 279 (13.2) | 21 (18.8) | 43 (12.5) | 119 (13.5) | 96 (12.4) | |
| Self-reported health status before the onset of symptoms | ||||||
| Good | 1799 (85.1) | 88 (78.6) | 316 (91.6) | 743 (84.2) | 652 (84.2) | 0.011 |
| Moderate | 301 (14.2) | 23 (20.5) | 27 (7.8) | 134 (15.2) | 117 (15.1) | |
| Poor | 13 (0.6) | 1 (0.9) | 2 (0.6) | 5 (0.6) | 5 (0.6) | |
| Received health care during/after the onset of symptoms | ||||||
| General practitioner | 1285 (60.8) | 62 (55.4) | 191 (55.4) | 584 (66.2) | 448 (57.9) | <0.001 |
| Physiotherapist | 432 (20.4) | 42 (37.5) | 74 (21.4) | 214 (24.3) | 102 (13.2) | <0.001 |
| Medical specialist | 366 (17.3) | 49 (43.8) | 68 (19.7) | 153 (17.3) | 96 (12.4) | <0.001 |
| Psychologist | 112 (5.3) | 16 (14.3) | 23 (6.7) | 42 (4.8) | 31 (4.0) | <0.001 |
| Dietician | 78 (3.7) | 17 (15.2) | 15 (4.3) | 34 (3.9) | 12 (1.6) | <0.001 |
| Nurse | 63 (3.0) | 16 (14.3) | 10 (2.9) | 25 (2.8) | 12 (1.6) | <0.001 |
| Occupational therapist | 25 (1.2) | 2 (1.8) | 5 (1.4) | 15 (1.7) | 3 (0.4) | 0.080 |
Data are presented as n (%) or median (interquartile range), unless otherwise stated. BMI: body mass index.