TABLE 2.
Symptoms during the infection 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 | |
| Number of symptoms | 14.0 (11.0–17.0) | 14.0 (9.3–17.0) | 14.0 (11.0–18.0) | 14.0 (11.0–18.0) | 13.0 (10.0–17.0) | <0.001 |
| Symptoms | ||||||
| Fatigue | 2006 (94.9) | 104 (92.9) | 324 (93.9) | 847 (96.0) | 731 (94.4) | 0.226 |
| Dyspnoea | 1892 (89.5) | 100 (89.3) | 300 (87.0) | 827 (93.8) | 665 (85.9) | <0.001 |
| Headache | 1605 (76.0) | 80 (71.4) | 273 (79.1) | 682 (77.3) | 570 (73.6) | 0.097 |
| Chest tightness | 1588 (75.2) | 68 (60.7) | 248 (71.9) | 709 (80.4) | 563 (72.7) | <0.001 |
| Cough | 1438 (68.1) | 89 (79.5) | 235 (68.1) | 620 (70.3) | 494 (63.8) | 0.002 |
| Muscle pain | 1367 (64.7) | 60 (53.6) | 245 (71.0) | 578 (65.5) | 484 (62.5) | 0.003 |
| Sore throat | 1309 (61.9) | 49 (43.8) | 188 (54.5) | 564 (63.9) | 508 (65.6) | <0.001 |
| Increased body temp. (37.0–37.9°C) | 1293 (61.2) | 44 (39.3) | 189 (54.8) | 571 (64.7) | 489 (63.2) | <0.001 |
| Pain between shoulder blades | 1289 (61.0) | 53 (47.3) | 216 (62.6) | 584 (66.2) | 436 (56.3) | <0.001 |
| Pain/burning feeling in lungs | 1279 (60.5) | 53 (47.3) | 178 (51.6) | 587 (66.6) | 461 (59.6) | <0.001 |
| Heart palpitations | 1159 (54.9) | 44 (39.3) | 191 (55.4) | 521 (59.1) | 403 (52.1) | <0.001 |
| Increased resting heart rate | 1154 (54.6) | 58 (51.8) | 199 (57.7) | 519 (58.8) | 378 (48.8) | <0.001 |
| Dizziness | 1091 (51.6) | 46 (41.1) | 171 (49.6) | 490 (55.6) | 384 (49.6) | 0.006 |
| Nose cold | 928 (43.9) | 38 (33.9) | 169 (49.0) | 363 (41.2) | 358 (46.3) | 0.006 |
| Burning feeling in the trachea | 927 (43.9) | 37 (33.0) | 121 (35.1) | 428 (48.5) | 341 (44.1) | <0.001 |
| Fever (≥38.0°C) | 903 (42.7) | 94 (83.9) | 178 (51.6) | 380 (43.1) | 251 (32.4) | <0.001 |
| Ageusia | 893 (42.3) | 73 (65.2) | 218 (63.2) | 350 (39.7) | 252 (32.6) | <0.001 |
| Diarrhoea | 869 (41.1) | 49 (43.8) | 150 (43.5) | 374 (42.4) | 296 (38.2) | 0.225 |
| Anosmia | 839 (39.7) | 67 (59.8) | 223 (64.6) | 308 (34.9) | 241 (31.1) | <0.001 |
| Joint pain | 808 (38.2) | 37 (33.0) | 151 (43.8) | 340 (38.5) | 280 (36.2) | 0.066 |
| Nausea | 772 (36.5) | 51 (45.5) | 124 (35.9) | 341 (38.7) | 256 (33.1) | 0.021 |
| Mucus | 764 (36.2) | 42 (37.5) | 107 (31.0) | 328 (37.2) | 287 (37.1) | 0.193 |
| Sneezing | 667 (31.6) | 27 (24.1) | 123 (35.7) | 274 (31.1) | 243 (31.4) | 0.129 |
| Hot flushes | 548 (25.9) | 18 (16.1) | 90 (26.1) | 224 (25.4) | 216 (27.9) | 0.061 |
| Eye problems | 542 (25.7) | 20 (17.9) | 76 (22.0) | 245 (27.8) | 201 (26.0) | 0.045 |
| Ear pain | 459 (21.7) | 12 (10.7) | 74 (21.4) | 210 (23.8) | 163 (21.1) | 0.015 |
| Sudden loss of body weight | 388 (18.4) | 42 (37.5) | 81 (23.5) | 165 (18.7) | 100 (12.9) | <0.001 |
| Vomiting | 191 (9.0) | 24 (21.4) | 41 (11.9) | 76 (8.6) | 50 (6.5) | <0.001 |
| Red spots on toes/feet | 118 (5.6) | 9 (8.0) | 15 (4.3) | 50 (5.7) | 44 (5.7) | 0.512 |
| Others | 623 (29.5) | 19 (17.0) | 87 (25.2) | 284 (32.2) | 233 (30.1) | 0.002 |
Data are presented as n (%) or median (interquartile range), unless otherwise stated.