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. 2021 Jun 11;109:17–23. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.06.017

Table 2b.

Symptom prevalence by SARS-CoV-2 serological status after excluding SARS-CoV-2 RNA-positive participants (n = 10 899).

Seropositive (n = 212)
Seronegative (n = 10 687)
Symptoms Reported symptoms
One or more symptoms persisting ≥ 30 daysa
Reported symptoms overall persisting ≥ 30 daysb Reported symptoms
One or more symptoms persisting ≥ 30 daysa
Reported symptoms overall persisting ≥ 30 daysb
Number % Numberc % % Number % Numberc % %
Loss of sense of taste and smell 59 28 18 (58) 31 9 292 3 93 (285) 33 1
Fever 79 37 20 (77) 26 10 1178 11 215 (1151) 19 2
Dyspnoea 32 15 15 (31) 48 7 605 6 212 (586) 36 2
Muscle or joint ache 78 37 22 (75) 29 11 1716 16 450 (1639) 27 4
Fatigue 95 45 24 (92) 26 12 2596 24 660 (2484) 27 6
Cough 73 34 20 (72) 28 10 2349 22 695 (2265) 31 7
Headache 112 53 26 (109) 24 13 4056 38 901 (3904) 23 9
Sore throat 76 36 19 25 9 3152 29 673 (2044) 22 6
Seropositive (n = 212)
Seronegative (n = 10 687)
Reported any symptom
Reported any symptom persisting ≥ 30 days
Reported any symptom
Reported any symptom persisting ≥ 30 days
Number % Numberc % Number % Numberc %
159 75 40 (156) 26 5920 55 1331 (5678) 23

Data presented as numbers with percentages.

a

Number of participants reporting one or more symptoms persisting for more than 30 days among participants reporting the specific symptom.

b

Percentage of participants who both report the specific symptom and report one or more symptoms persisting after 30 days.

c

Numbers in parentheses represent participants reporting the symptom (corresponding to the number of “Reported symptoms”) but excluding participants whose symptoms started within 30 days completing of the questionnaire (n = 243) in addition to participants with discrepancy between symptom start date and symptom end date (n = 44). In total, 285 participants were excluded.