Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of COVID-19 patients and control individuals

Characteristics		Patients, n (%)	Control, n (%)	p
Gender	Male	144 (55.8)	132 (53.7)	0.34*
	Female	114 (44.2)	114 (46.3)
	Total	258 (100)	246 (100)
Age	Mean (SD)	50.23 (14.82)	49.01 (14.95)	0.39**
	Median (IQR)	51.0 (23.0)	48.5 (24.0)

Analyzed by *χ² and ** Mann-Whitney tests

Abbreviations: SEM standard error of mean, IQR interquartile range