Table 5.
Differences in self-reported mild and severe symptom burden divided by sex
| COVID population – mild and severe symptoms divided by sex |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total population (n = 6630) n (%) |
p-valuea | Self-reported mild symptom burden (n = 3795) n (%) |
p-valuea | Self-reported severe symptom burden (n = 594) n (%) |
p-valuea | ||||
| Male (n = 2757) | Female (n = 3873) | Male (n = 1471) | Female (n = 2324) | Male (n = 202) | Female (n = 392) | ||||
| Fever | 721 (26.2) | 1047 (27.0) | 0.4236 | 586 (39.8) | 797 (34.3) | 0.0005 | 135 (66.8) | 250 (63.8) | 0.4600 |
| Cold | 716 (26.0) | 1223 (31.6) | <0.0001 | 600 (40.8) | 994 (42.8) | 0.2280 | 116 (57.4) | 229 (58.4) | 0.8163 |
| Sore throat | 772 (28.0) | 1291 (33.3) | <0.0001 | 645 (43.9) | 1032 (44.4) | 0.7357 | 127 (62.8) | 259 (66.1) | 0.4386 |
| Cough | 796 (28.9) | 1297 (33.5) | <0.0001 | 661 (44.9) | 1050 (45.2) | 0.8824 | 135 (66.8) | 247 (63.0) | 0.3571 |
| Stomach aches | 168 (6.1) | 400 (10.3) | <0.0001 | 121 (8.2) | 269 (11.6) | 0.0009 | 47 (23.3) | 131 (33.4) | 0.0105 |
| Rashes | 24 (0.9) | 81 (2.1) | <0.0001 | 20 (1.4) | 52 (2.2) | 0.0534 | <5 (2.0) | 29 (7.4) | 0.0063 |
| Trouble breathing | 275 (10.0) | 854 (22.1) | <0.0001 | 190 (12.9) | 597 (25.7) | <0.0001 | 85 (42.1) | 257 (65.6) | <0.0001 |
| Reduced sense of smell | 828 (30.0) | 1570 (40.5) | <0.0001 | 708 (48.1) | 1294 (55.7) | <0.0001 | 120 (59.4) | 276 (70.4) | 0.0070 |
| Reduced sense of taste | 719 (26.1) | 1343 (34.7) | <0.0001 | 603 (41.0) | 1086 (46.7 | 0.0005 | 116 (57.4) | 257 (65.6) | 0.0520 |
| Chest pain | 105 (3.8) | 288 (7.4) | <0.0001 | 61 (4.2) | 171 (7.4) | <0.0001 | 44 (21.8) | 117 (29.9) | 0.0362 |
| Head aches | 808 (29.3) | 1789 (46.2) | <0.0001 | 674 (45.8) | 1444 (62.1) | <0.0001 | 134 (66.3) | 345 (88.0) | <0.0001 |
| Vomiting | 41 (1.5) | 98 (2.5) | 0.0035 | 27 (1.8) | 49 (2.1) | 0.5587 | 14 (6.9) | 49 (12.5 | 0.0368 |
| Diarrhoea | 82 (3.0) | 199 (5.1) | <0.0001 | 61 (4.2) | 136 (5.9) | 0.0211 | 21 (10.4) | 63 (16.1) | 0.0600 |
| Muscle pain | 378 (13.7) | 856 (22.1) | <0.0001 | 278 (18.9) | 625 (26.9) | <0.0001 | 100 (49.5) | 231 (58.9 | 0.0285 |
| Joint pain | 218 (7.9) | 530 (13.7) | <0.0001 | 151 (10.3) | 371 (16.0) | <0.0001 | 67 (33.2) | 159 (40.6) | 0.0787 |
| Pain | 130 (4.7) | 318 (8.2) | <0.0001 | 72 (4.9) | 178 (7.7 | 0.0008 | 58 (28.7) | 140 (35.7) | 0.0864 |
| Feeling unwell | 544 (19.7) | 1108 (28.6) | <0.0001 | 420 (28.6) | 832 (35.8) | <0.0001 | 124 (61.4) | 276 (70.4) | 0.0263 |
| Number of symptoms (median, interquartile range) | 2 (0–4) | 3 (0–6) | <0.0001 | 3 (2–6) | 4 (2–7) | <0.0001 | 7 (4–10) | 9 (6–11) | <0.0001 |
a
Differences in prevalence of symptoms between sexes tested using two-sided χ2-tests.