Table 1.
Characteristics of all participants with a clearly assigned test result.
| Positive test result | Negative test result | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| N | 296 | 1641 | |
| Sex (male)a | 137 (47.2%) | 622 (38.7%) | |
| Age (years)b | 53.2 ± 19.0 | 53.9 ± 21.6 | |
| COVID-19 type symptoms | 198 (66.9%) | 849 (51.7%) | |
| Belonging to risk group for severe course of disease | 55 (18.6%) | 542 (33.0%) | |
| Return from risk region | 60 (20.3%) | 134 (8.2%) | |
| Return from abroad | 49 (16.6%) | 105 (6.4%) | |
| Close contact with confirmed COVID-19 infected person | 111 (37.5%) | 352 (21.5%) | |
| General health conditionc | Normal | 65 (22.6%) | 489 (34.1%) |
| Slightly reduced | 88 (30.6%) | 353 (24.6%) | |
| Somewhat reduced | 87 (30.2%) | 329 (23.0%) | |
| Strongly reduced | 48 (16.7%) | 261 (18.2%) | |
| Taste disorder | 152 (51.4%) | 149 (9.1%) | |
| Smell disorder | 129 (43.6%) | 107 (6.5%) | |
| Taste or smell disorder | 166 (56.1%) | 175 (10.7%) | |
| Taste and smell disorder | 115 (38.9%) | 81 (4.9%) | |
| Exhaustion | 201 (67.9%) | 668 (40.7%) | |
| Fever | 133 (44.9%) | 459 (28.0%) | |
| Cough | 165 (55.7%) | 678 (41.3%) | |
| Exhaustion and fever and cough | 62 (21.0%) | 207 (12.6%) | |
| Number of comorbidities | 1 (0; 2) | 1 (0; 3) | |
| No comorbidities | 115 (38.9%) | 550 (33.5%) | |
| Current smoking (≥ 10 cigarettes per day)d | 17 (5.9%) | 296 (19.0%) | |
Data are proportions (%), means (± standard deviation), or median (first quartile; third quartile).
a
6 missings in test positives, 34 in test negatives
b
6 missings in test positives, 63 in test negatives.
c
8 missings in test positives, 209 in test negatives.
d
8 missings in test positives, 84 missings in test negatives.