Table 1.
Questionnaire Descriptive Statistics Summary.
| Variable | Categories | Mean | (95% CI: LB, UB) | [N] | Question ID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.) | Age | 61.505 | (60.285, 62.726) | [582] | Q1 | |
| 2.) | Sex | Male | 0.455 | (0.415, 0.497) | [266] | Q2 |
| Female | 0.545 | (0.503, 0.585) | [318] | |||
| 3.) | Ethnicity | Black | 0.068 | (0.049, 0.091) | [40] | Q3 |
| Other | 0.087 | (0.065, 0.112) | [51] | |||
| 4.) | Education Level 1 | range [0, 5] | 2.642 | (2.538, 2.746) | [586] | Q5 |
| 5.) | Health 2 | range [0, 4] | 2.342 | (2.265, 2.42) | [587] | Q7 |
| 6.) | Fever (past year) | Yes | 0.128 | (0.101, 0.158) | [72] | Q10 |
| 7.) | Exercise Pre-Pandemic (>1x/week) | Yes | 0.642 | (0.602, 0.681) | [377] | Q11 |
| 8.) | High Blood Pressure | Yes | 0.453 | (0.412, 0.494) | [265] | Q12a |
| 9.) | Diabetes | Yes | 0.116 | (0.091, 0.145) | [68] | Q12b |
| 10.) | Sleep Apnea | Yes | 0.193 | (0.162, 0.228) | [113] | Q12h |
| 11.) | Asthma | Yes | 0.156 | (0.127, 0.188) | [91] | Q12j |
| 12.) | Cancer (active treatment) | Yes | 0.070 | (0.051, 0.094) | [41] | Q12l |
| 13.) | Immune System Disease (excluding HIV) | Yes | 0.281 | (0.245, 0.319) | [164] | Q12n |
| 14.) | Smoking History | Yes | 0.502 | (0.46, 0.543) | [293] | Q13 |
| 15.) | Sum of Ailments | range [0, 10] | 1.053 | (0.914, 1.191) | [588] | Q17 |
| 16.) | GAD7 Anxiety Score | range [0, 21] | 2.827 | (2.512, 3.141) | [588] | Q20 |
| 17.) | PHQ9 Depression Score 3 | range [0, 24] | 2.621 | (2.33, 2.912) | [588] | Q21 |
| 18.) | ISI Sleep Survey | range [0, 28] | 11.316 | (10.928, 11.705) | [588] | Q22 |
| 19.) | Exercise Early Pandemic (>1x/week) | Yes | 0.708 | (0.668, 0.745) | [402] | Q26 |
| 20.) | Sum of COVID-19 Worries | range [0, 15] | 5.184 | (4.958, 5.409) | [588] | Q38, Q39, Q41 |
| 21.) | Social Distancing 4 | Yes | 0.930 | (0.907, 0.95) | [547] | Q42 |
| 22.) | Change in Diet 5 | range [0, 4] | 0.683 | (0.605, 0.762) | [584] | Q46 |
| 23.) | Number Cohabitants 6 | range [0, 3] | 1.434 | (1.338, 1.531) | [587] | Q47 |
| 24.) | Number of Pets 6 | range [0, 3] | 0.920 | (0.834, 1.005) | [587] | Q48 |
1Education Level coding: 0 = “did not graduate from high school” to 5 = “doctorate”.
2Health coding: 0 = “poor” to 4 = “excellent”.
3Last PHQ9 item (suicide) was omitted from questionnaire.
4Either Social Distance or Working From Home.
5Coding: 0 = “not at all” to 4 = “ a lot”.
6Coding: 0 = “none” to 3 = “3 or more”.
This table contains a summary of the variables included in the analyses that were based on the questionnaire responses. The category or range of values, mean, 95% CI, N, and question identifier have been reported for each variable. Note that the subset of subjects that were used in the stool or saliva analyses depended on matching samples. This table represents the descriptive statistics from all the questionnaire responders, regardless of whether they could be included in the stool or saliva samples analyses.