Table 1.

Characteristics of Participants Suspected for COVID-19 (n = 440).

	Total	Females	Males	P-value*
	n (%)
Socio-demographic and risk factors
Age group
16-45	258 (63.08)	153 (59.30)	105 (40.70)	.324
46-85	151 (36.92)	82 (54.30)	69 (45.70)
Healthcare worker
No	214 (48.75)	106 (49.53)	108 (50.47)	.004
Yes	225 (51.25)	142 (63.11)	83 (36.89)
Smoking
No	366 (87.56)	233 (63.66)	133 (36.34)	<.001
Yes	52 (12.44)	4 (7.69)	48 (92.31)
Previous visit of a place with confirmed COVID-19 cases
No	213 (48.97)	113 (53.05)	100 (46.95)	.149
Yes	222 (51.03)	133 (59.91)	89 (40.09)
Previous contact with respiratory symptoms cases
No	89 (20.27)	47 (52.81)	42 (47.19)	0.462
Yes	350 (79.73)	200 (57.14)	150 (42.86)
Presence of comorbidities
No	287 (65.23)	159 (55.40)	128 (44.60)	.577
Yes	153 (34.77)	89 (58.17)	64 (41.83)
Presence of immunodeficiency disorders or drugs
No	418 (96.31)	233 (55.74)	185 (44.26)	.043
Yes	16 (3.69)	13 (81.25)	3 (18.75)
Symptoms
Fever
No	105 (23.97)	65 (61.90)	40 (38.10)	.174
Yes	333 (76.03)	181 (54.35)	152 (45.65)
Cough
No	151 (34.47)	77 (50.99)	74 (49.01)	.114
Yes	287 (65.53)	169 (58.89)	118 (41.11)
Sore throat
No	166 (37.90)	90 (54.22)	76 (45.78)	.473
Yes	272 (62.10)	157 (57.72)	115 (42.28)
Vomiting or diarrhoea
No	249 (56.98)	138 (55.42)	111 (44.58)	.673
Yes	188 (43.02)	108 (57.45)	80 (42.55)
Malaise
No	70 (15.98)	36 (51.43)	34 (48.57)	.361
Yes	368 (84.02)	211 (57.34)	157 (42.66)
Loss of smell or taste
No	304 (69.09)	165 (54.28)	139 (45.72)	.187
Yes	136 (30.91)	83 (61.03)	53 (38.97)

^*P-value was calculated using Chi-square test, and is considered significant if < .05.