Table 3.

Gender Differences in Socio-Demographic, Risk Factors, and Symptoms Among COVID-19 Confirmed Cases (n = 213).

	Total	Females	Males	P-value*
	n (%)
Socio-demographic and risk factors
Age group
16-45	124 (61.69)	72 (58.06)	52 (41.94)	.396
46-85	77 (38.31)	40 (51.95)	37 (48.05)
Healthcare worker
No	110 (51.89)	51 (46.36)	59 (53.64)	.007
Yes	102 (48.11)	66 (64.71)	36 (35.29)
Smoking
No	187 (91.67)	113 (60.43)	74 (39.57)	<.001
Yes	17 (8.33)	0 (0.00)	17 (100.00)
Previous visit of a place with confirmed COVID-19 cases
No	115 (54.76)	62 (53.91)	53 (46.09)	.671
Yes	95 (45.24)	54 (56.84)	41 (43.16)
Previous contact with respiratory symptoms cases
No	53 (24.88)	29 (54.72)	24 (45.28)	.971
Yes	160 (75.12)	88 (55.00)	72 (45.00)
Presence of comorbidities
No	133 (62.44)	74 (55.64)	59 (44.36)	.788
Yes	80 (37.56)	43 (53.75)	37 (46.25)
Presence of immunodeficiency disorders or drugs
No	201 (95.71)	211 (55.22)	90 (44.78)	.499
Yes	9 (4.29)	6 (66.67)	3 (33.33)
Symptoms
Fever
No	48 (22.54)	27 (56.25)	21 (43.75)	.835
Yes	165 (77.46)	90 (54.55)	75 (45.45)
Cough
No	74 (34.91)	33 (44.59)	41 (55.41)	.030
Yes	138 (65.09)	83 (60.14)	55 (39.86)
Sore throat
No	93 (43.87)	48 (51.61)	45 (48.39)	.422
Yes	119 (56.13)	68 (57.14)	51 (42.86)
Vomiting or diarrhoea
No	126 (60.00)	68 (53.97)	58 (46.03)	.777
Yes	84 (40.00)	47 (55.95)	37 (44.05)
Malaise
No	29 (13.74)	14 (48.28)	15 (51.72)	.435
Yes	182 (86.26)	102 (56.04)	80(43.96)
Loss of smell or taste
No	136 (63.85)	67 (49.26)	69 (50.74)	.027
Yes	77 (36.15)	50 (64.94)	27 (35.06)

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