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. 2022 Sep 3;22:721. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07696-6

Table 1.

Demographics and PCR testing for the participants according to their disease severity

Negative at baseline and during follow-up
N = 295 (38.4)
Asymptomatic
N = 73 (9.5)
Mild-moderate illness
N = 363 (47.2)
Severe-critical illness
N = 38 (4.9)
Total
N = 769
Age (years) 46 (38.5–56) [19–66] 45 (31–52) [19–66] 45 (35–53) [18–66] 56.5 (50–61) [30–66] 46 (36–54) [18–66]
Gender assigned at birth
 Female 238 (80.7) 48 (65.7) 274 (75.5) 18 (47.4) 578 (75.2)
 Male 57 (19.3) 25 (34.3) 89 (24.5) 20 (52.6) 191 (24.8)
Profession
 Doctor 112 (38.0) 9 (12.3) 76 (20.9) 13 (34.2) 210 (27.3)
 Nurse 95 (32.2) 19 (26.0) 96 (26.4) 10 (26.3) 220 (28.6)
 Nurse assistant 13 (4.41) 9 (12.3) 34 (9.37) 4 (10.5) 60 (7.80)
 Others 75 (25.4) 36 (49.3) 157 (43.3) 11 (28.9) 279 (36.3)
Highest educational level attained
 Higher level vocational school 34 (11.8) 6 (8.57) 32 (9.22) 1 (2.78) 73 (9.84)
 University 27 (9.34) 29 (41.4) 94 (27.1) 10 (27.8) 160 (21.6)
 Others 228 (78.9) 35 (50.0) 221 (63.7) 25 (69.4) 509 (68.6)
 NA 6 3 16 2 27
Marital status
 Single 44 (15.3) 16 (25.0) 63 (18.2) 3 (8.33) 126 (17.1)
 Married/cohabitation 196 (68.1) 42 (65.6) 255 (73.5) 29 (80.6) 522 (71.0)
 Divorced 43 (14.9) 3 (4.69) 22 (6.34) 3 (8.33) 71 (9.66)
 Widow 5 (1.74) 3 (4.69) 7 (2.02) 1 (2.78) 16 (2.18)
 NA 7 9 16 2 34
Nationality
 Spain 270 (95.4) 57 (90.5) 291 (87.7) 35 (100) 653 (91.6)
 European Union 1 (0.35) 0 (0.00) 1 (0.30) 0 (0.00) 2 (0.28)
 South America 7 (2.47) 1 (1.59) 23 (6.93) 0 (0.00) 31 (4.35)
 Others 5 (1.77) 5 (7.94) 17 (5.12) 0 (0.00) 27 (3.79)
 NA 12 10 31 3 59
Number of symptoms at baseline 0 (0) [0–0] 7 (4–9) [1–17] 9 (8–11) [2–17] 6 (2–9) [0–17] (*)
Days of follow-up 424 (269.5–481) [13–545]

302 (189–365)

[14–527]

350 (271–434.5)

[13–537]

438.5 (357.8–475.5)

[156–505]

363 (269–464)

[13–545]

Days since first positive diagnosis test

302 (220.5–374.5)

[14–602]

365 (287–429) [28–617] 492 (341.8–540.8) [28–582] 370 (286–510) (*) [14–617]
 ≥ 1 positive PCR during follow-up 0 (0) 20 (27.4) 118 (32.5) 2 (5.3) 204 (26.5)

Categoric variables are described as N (%), and numeric variables as median (IQR) [min, max]

NA not available

In categories with NA, percentages were calculated excluding these answers. Diagnosis was made based on a positive PCR or IgM(N) or IgG(N) test. *Excludes negative participants. “Others” category in “Profession” includes physiotherapists, management and administration staff, and social workers; “Others” category in “Highest educational level attained” includes primary (5–12 years old) and secondary education (12–16 years old); and “Others” category in “Nationality” includes participants from Morocco, Senegal and Russia