TABLE 3.
Frequencies and percentages of neurological disease, COVID-19 severity, comorbidities, and detectable virus in CSF by sex.
| Variable | n | Female | Male | Not specified |
| Neurological disease category | 510 | |||
| Cerebrovascular disease | 68 (39%) | 133 (48%) | 56 (98%) | |
| CNS inflammatory disease | 20 (11%) | 26 (9%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Demyelinating disease | 6 (3%) | 8 (3%) | 1 (2%) | |
| Encephalopathy | 25 (14%) | 32 (12%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Taste/smell disorders | 21 (12%) | 15 (5%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Peripheral neuropathy | 19 (11%) | 44 (16%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Other | 16 (9%) | 20 (7%) | 0 (0%) | |
| COVID-19 severity | 495 | |||
| Asymptomatic | 20 (12%) | 16 (6%) | 3 (5%) | |
| Mild | 21 (12%) | 44 (16%) | 2 (4%) | |
| Moderate | 61 (36%) | 73 (27%) | 10 (18%) | |
| Severe | 31 (18%) | 67 (25%) | 35 (61%) | |
| Critical | 37 (22%) | 68 (25%) | 7 (12%) | |
| Comorbidities (reclassified) | 363 | |||
| None | 42 (39%) | 78 (37%) | 11 (23%) | |
| DM | 2 (2%) | 17 (8%) | 2 (4%) | |
| DM, lipid disorder | 1 (1%) | 1 (0%) | 2 (4%) | |
| DM, obesity | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| DM, other | 1 (1%) | 1 (0%) | 1 (2%) | |
| HTN | 20 (19%) | 27 (13%) | 8 (17%) | |
| HTN, DM | 5 (5%) | 24 (11%) | 0 (0%) | |
| HTN, DM, lipid disorder | 1 (1%) | 3 (1%) | 5 (11%) | |
| HTN, DM, lipid disorder, other | 0 (0%) | 1 (0%) | 3 (6%) | |
| HTN, DM, obesity | 1 (1%) | 4 (2%) | 0 (0%) | |
| HTN, DM, obesity, lipid disorder, other | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| HTN, DM, obesity, other | 1 (1%) | 2 (1%) | 0 (0%) | |
| HTN, DM, other | 2 (2%) | 6 (3%) | 0 (0%) | |
| HTN, lipid disorder | 1 (1%) | 10 (5%) | 5 (11%) | |
| HTN, lipid disorder, other | 3 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (4%) | |
| HTN, obesity | 1 (1%) | 4 (2%) | 0 (0%) | |
| HTN, obesity, lipid disorder | 0 (0%) | 1 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| HTN, obesity, lipid disorder, other | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| HTN, obesity, other | 0 (0%) | 1 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| HTN, other | 5 (5%) | 13 (6%) | 4 (9%) | |
| Lipid disorder | 1 (1%) | 1 (0%) | 3 (6%) | |
| Lipid disorder, other | 0 (0%) | 1 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Obesity | 4 (4%) | 5 (2%) | 1 (2%) | |
| Obesity, other | 5 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Other | 8 (7%) | 9 (4%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Virus in CSF | 122 | |||
| No | 50 (98%) | 67 (96%) | 1 (100%) | |
| Yes | 1 (2%) | 3 (4%) | 0 (0%) | |
Due to rounding errors, column wise percentages may not equal 100%. CNS, Central nervous system; DM, Diabetes mellitus; HTN, Hypertension; CSF, Cerebral spinal fluid.