Table 3.

Patient characteristics in the three periods, pre-lockdown, lockdown, and post-lockdown (unless otherwise stated, data are presented as absolute numbers with the corresponding percentage given in brackets)

Patient characteristics	Period
	Pre-lockdown	Lockdown	Post-lockdown	Statistical test(s)	p value
Age				Kruskal-Wallis test	0.285
Median (IQR)	46.9 (28.4, 60.4)	43.9 (25.6, 60.1)	45 (25.8, 61.5)
Mean (SD)	44.5 (21.6)	43 (22)	43.7 (22.7)
Gender				Chi-squared test	1
Female	430 (48.5)	543 (48.4)	533 (48.4)
Male	457 (51.5)	578 (51.6)	568 (51.6)
Length of journey (km)				Kruskal-Wallis test	<0.001
Median (IQR)	2.9 (1.6, 4.4)A	3.3 (2.2, 5.6)B	3 (1.4, 4.6)A
Mean (SD)	6 (13.4)A	9.1 (24.2)B	5.7 (13.1)A
Underlying medical condition (one or more)	226 (25.5)A	260 (23.2)A	209 (19)B	Chi-squared test and Tukey contrasts of the logistic regression models	0.002
Chronic lung disease and/or moderate/severe asthma	47 (5.3)	50 (4.5)	35 (3.2)		0.06
Serious heart condition	108 (12.2)A	108 (9.6)A	86 (7.8)B		0.005
Immunocompromised patient	18 (2)	18 (1.6)	10 (0.9)		0.109
Diabetes	78 (8.8)A	57 (5.1)B	80 (7.3)A,B		0.004
Chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis	1 (0.1)	2 (0.2)	4 (0.4)		0.462
Liver disease	14 (1.6)	23 (2.1)	11 (1)		0.131
Cancer	35 (3.9)A	62 (5.5)A	20 (1.8)B		<0.001
SARS-CoV-2 status					0.095
Known SARS-CoV-2 infection	0 (0)	1 (0.1)	0 (0)
Recovered from COVID-19	0 (0)	1 (0.1)	5 (0.5)
Suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection	2 (0.2)	5 (0.4)	1 (0.1)
Unknown SARS-CoV-2 infection	885 (99.8)	1114 (99.4)	1095 (99.5)

COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; IQR, interquartile range; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; SD, standard deviation

Within the same row, different superscript letters indicate significant differences in the Tukey contrasts