Skip to main content
. 2021 Jan 6;27(4):633.e9–633.e16. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.12.029

Table 1.

Frequency of symptoms and co-morbidities in the total sample and in those testing positive for current or past infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in Louisiana

Number reporting
Any positive test
Prevalence by factora
n = 4778
n = 311 (6.5%)
n % n % %
New Orleans (May 2020) 2640 55.3% 183 58.8% 6.9%
Baton Rouge (July 2020) 2138 44.7% 128 41.2% 6.0%
Any symptoms 1223 25.6% 164 52.7% 13.4%
 Fever 471 9.9% 84 27.0% 17.8%
 Fatigue 658 13.8% 95 30.5% 14.4%
 Dry cough 568 11.9% 82 26.4% 14.4%
 Myalgia 519 10.9% 83 26.7% 16.0%
 Nasal congestion 456 9.5% 68 21.9% 14.9%
 Runny nose 327 6.8% 45 14.5% 13.8%
 Sore throat 488 10.2% 60 19.3% 12.3%
 Diarrhoea 245 5.1% 33 10.6% 13.5%
 Anosmia/dysgeusia 229 4.8% 93 29.9% 40.6%
 Chills 337 7.1% 54 17.4% 16.0%
 Headache 522 10.9% 74 23.8% 14.2%
 Other 194 4.1% 16 5.1% 8.2%
 No symptoms 3555 74.4% 147 47.3% 4.1%
Any co-morbidities 2167 45.4% 139 44.7% 6.4%
 Diabetes 444 9.3% 30 9.6% 6.8%
 High blood pressure 1367 28.6% 90 28.9% 6.6%
 Elevated cholesterol 797 16.7% 53 17.0% 6.6%
 Heart disease 170 3.6% 12 3.9% 7.1%
 Kidney disease 51 1.1% 6 1.9% 11.8%
 COPD 50 1.0% 3 1.0% 6.0%
 History of cancer 318 6.7% 13 4.2% 4.1%
 HIV 23 0.5% 0 0.0% 0.0%
 Organ Tx 19 0.4% 1 0.3% 5.3%
 Weakened immune system 155 3.2% 9 2.9% 5.8%
 Other 216 4.5% 9 2.9% 4.2%
No co-morbidities 2611 54.6% 172 55.3% 6.6%

Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; Tx, transplant.

a

Prevalence by factor is calculated by dividing the number of positives over the total number in the sample reporting that factor.