Table I.
Demographic characteristics of patient population: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) positive vs SARS-CoV-2 negative on admission screening
| SARS-CoV-2 positive (N=288) |
SARS-CoV-2 negative (N=8230) | P-value SARS-CoV-2 positive vs negative | P-value SARS-CoV-2 positive symptomatic vs asymptomatic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N=288) | Asymptomatic (N=133) | Symptomatic (N=155) | ||||
| Age (mean ± SD) | 62.2 ± 20.8 | 55.4 ± 21.6 | 67.9 ± 18.2 | 57.0 ± 21.8 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Female gender, N (%) | 147 (51.0) | 71 (53.4) | 76 (49.0) | 4063 (49.4) | 0.577 | 0.461 |
| Ethnicity, N (%) | ||||||
| Jewish | 156 (54.2) | 64 (48.1) | 92 (59.4) | 6225 (75.6) | <0.001 | 0.056 |
| Bedouin Arab | 132 (45.8) | 69 (51.9) | 63 (40.6) | 2005 (24.4) | ||
| Emergency room, N (%) | ||||||
| Internal medicine | 244 (84.7) | 93 (69.9) | 151 (97.4) | 4755 (57.8) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Surgery | 31 (10.8) | 28 (21.1) | 3 (1.9) | 2679 (32.6) | ||
| Obstetrics | 13 (4.5) | 12 (9.0) | 1 (0.6) | 796 (9.7) | ||
SD, standard deviation.