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. 2022 Dec 31;4(6):322–326. doi: 10.35772/ghm.2022.01069

Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of cases involving the original strain or Omicron strain by sequelae 3 months after discharge.

Variables Original strain
Omicron
Non-sequelae
(n = 222)
Sequelae
(n = 86)
Total patients
(n = 308)
p value Non-sequelae
(n = 1,726)
Sequelae
(n = 103)
Total patients
(n = 1,829)
p value
Age (years), median (IQR) 47 (35-60) 46 (36-56) 47 (35-59) 0.82 34 (25-47) 37 (29-44) 34 (26-47) 0.32
Age group, n (%) 0.05 < 0.01
    6-18 16 (7.2) 1 (1.2) 17 (5.5) 255 (14.8) 2 (1.9) 257 (14.1)
    18-30 23 (10.4) 7 (8.1) 30 (9.7) 347 (20.1) 25 (24.3) 372 (20.3)
    31-60 123 (55.4) 62 (72.1) 185 (60.1) 996 (57.7) 70 (68.0) 1066 (58.3)
    60- 60 (27.0) 16 (18.6) 76 (24.7) 128 (7.4) 6 (5.8) 134 (7.3)
Sex 0.89 0.86
    Male 100 (45.0) 38 (44.2) 138 (44.8) 904 (52.4) 53 (51.5) 957 (52.3)
    Female 122 (55.0) 48 (55.8) 170 (55.2) 822 (47.6) 50 (48.5) 872 (47.7)
Disease severity 0.50 0.53
    Asymptomatic 2 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 2 (0.6) 516 (29.9) 29 (28.2) 545 (29.8)
    Mild 9 (4.1) 2 (2.3) 11 (3.6) 1,064 (61.6) 62 (60.2) 1126 (61.6)
    Ordinary 183 (82.4) 69 (80.2) 252 (81.8) 146 (8.5) 12 (11.7) 158 (8.6)
    Critical 28 (12.6) 15 (17.4) 43 (14.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Comorbidities 51 (23.0) 16 (18.6) 67 (21.8) 0.40 313 (18.1) 31 (31.1) 344 (18.9) < 0.01
    Hypertension 21 (9.8) 10 (11.6) 31 (10.1) 98 (5.7) 6 (5.9) 104 (5.7)
    Diabetes 13 (5.9) 1 (1.3) 14 (4.5) 52 (3.0) 2 (1.9) 54 (3.0)
    Chronic kidney disease 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 33 (1.9) 4 (3.9) 37 (2.0)
    Cardiovascular disease 5 (2.3) 2 (2.3) 7 (2.3) 14 (0.8) 1 (1.0) 15 (0.8)
    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 5 (2.3) 2 (2.3) 7 (2.3) 33 (1.9) 4 (3.9) 37 (2.0)
    Virus infection 6 (2.7) 1 (1.2) 7 (2.3) 38 (2.2) 4 (3.9) 42 (2.3)
Rounds of COVID-19 vaccination
    Zero -- -- -- 98 (5.7) 2 (1.9) 100 (5.5) 0.11
    One -- -- -- 14 (0.8) 0 (0.0) 14 (0.8) 0.36
    Two -- -- -- 467 (27.1) 31 (30.1) 498 (27.2) 0.50
    Three or more -- -- -- 422 (24.4) 28 (27.2) 450 (24.6) 0.53
    Unknown -- -- -- 724 (41.9) 40 (38.8) 764 (41.8) 0.53
Length of hospitalization (days) 20 (16-24) 21 (15-26) 21 (16-25) 0.48 16 (12-20) 16 (13-20) 16 (12-20) 0.24

IQR: interquartile range.