Table 2. Demographic characteristics of patients with and without throat swab.

*Missing values not included when calculating column percentages.

Characteristic	All Patients	No Throat Swab	Throat Swab	p-Value
	N (%)*, N = 245	N (%)*, N = 232	N (%)*, N = 13
Age, mean (SD)	40.2 (16.8)	40.6 (16.8)	32.5 (15.8)	0.093
Sex				0.961
Female	159 (66.0%)	150 (65.8%)	9 (69.2%)
Male	82 (34.0%)	78 (34.2%)	4 (30.8%)
Race/ethnicity				0.030
White or Caucasian	62 (36.7%)	60 (38.0%)	2 (18.2%)
Black or African American	25 (14.8%)	20 (12.7%)	5 (45.5%)
Asian	18 (10.7%)	17 (10.8%)	1 (9.1%)
Hispanic, all races	64 (37.9%)	61 (38.6%)	3 (27.3%)
Employment				0.984
Employed	46 (57.5%)	42 (57.5%)	4 (57.1%)
Unemployed	34 (42.5%)	31 (42.5%)	3 (42.9%)