Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients.
| Item | Total (n = 63) | Asymptomatic (n = 14) | Mild infection (n = 49) (%) | p-valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (mean ± SD), years | 47.71 ± 15.21 | 50.86 ± 16.28 | 46.82 ± 14.94 | 0.385 |
| Status of menopause, n (%) Postmenopausal | 25(39.7) | 7(50.0) | 18(36.7) | 0.371 |
| Reproductive-aged | 38(60.3) | 7(50.0) | 31(63.3) | |
| Vaccination, n (%) Vaccination (2–3 shots) | 43(68.3) | 8(57.1) | 35(71.4) | 0.492 |
| Unvaccinated or one shot | 20(31.7) | 6(42.9) | 14(28.6) | |
| Underlying diseases status, n (%) | 0.240 | |||
| None | 49(77.8) | 13 (92.9) | 36 (73.5) | |
| Combined underlying diseases | 14(22.2) | 1(7.1) | 13(26.5) | |
| Chronic hypertension, n (%) | 8(12.7) | 0(0.0) | 8 (16.3) | 0.245 |
| DM2, n (%) | 5(7.9) | 0(0.0) | 5 (10.2) | 0.578c |
| Others, (%) | 5(7.9) | 1(7.1) | 4 (8.2) | 0.258c |
| anal swabs, n (%) | 4(6.5) | 0(0.0) | 4(8.3) | 0.566c |
| Hospitalization (mean ± SD),days | 16.73 ± 3.16 | 15.79 ± 3.47 | 17.00 ± 3.06 | 0.208b |
| Interval between infectiononset and sampling (mean ± SD), days | 11.25 ± 2.23 | 11.14 ± 2.51 | 11.29 ± 2.17 | 0.834b |
achi-square test, bindependent-sample t test, cFisher exact test.