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. 2021 May 11;117:372–377. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.04.064

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of clustered COVID-19 patients and asymptomatic cases

Variables Transmission generations, n (%)
Overall
(n = 245)
Index case
(n = 92)
1st generation
(n = 95)
2nd generation
(n = 50)
3rd generation
(n = 8)
P-value
Number of clusters
Age, mean ± SD
60(100.0)
42.4 ± 17.2
14(23.3)
42.4 ± 13.7
32(53.4)
41.4 ± 19.2
9(15.0)
43.0 ± 17.9
5(8.3)
32.2 ± 22.3
0.503
Gender 0.369
Male 121 (49.4) 51 (55.4) 46 (48.4) 20 (40.0) 4 (50.0)
Female 124 (50.6) 41 (44.6) 49 (51.6) 30 (60.0) 4 (50.0)
Occupation 0.002
Farmer 141(57.6) 51(55.4) 53(55.8) 32(64.0) 5(62.5)
Businessman 32(13.1) 21(22.8) 9(9.5) 2(4.0) 0(0.0)
Students 28(11.4) 2(2.2) 17(17.9) 7(14.0) 2(25.0)
Housework 23(9.4) 8(8.7) 9(9.5) 6(12.0) 0(0.0)
Others 21(8.6) 10(10.9) 7(7.4) 3(6.0) 1(12.5)
Region 0.002
South of Anhui 38 (15.5) 15 (16.3) 7 (7.4) 12 (24.0) 4 (50.0)
Middle of Anhui 50 (20.4) 25 (27.2) 20 (21.1) 5 (10.0) 0(0.0)
North of Anhui 157 (64.1) 52 (56.5) 68 (71.6) 33 (66.0) 4 (50.0)
Category 0.027
Asymptomatic case 19(7.8) 3(3.3) 7(7.4) 7(14.0) 2(12.5)
Confirmed case 226(92.2) 89(96.7) 88(92.6) 43(86.0) 6(87.5)