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. 2023 Jan 10;10:1069898. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1069898

Table 3.

Specific characteristics related to COVID-19, by antibody concentration.

Total n=585 Antibody concentrations < 15 n = 139 Antibody concentrations ≥15 n = 446 p-value
Disease onset date
March 2020 382 (65.4%) 86 (61.9%) 296 (66.5%)
April 2020 150 (25.7%) 38 (27.3%) 112 (25.2%)
May 2020 26 (4.5%) 8 (5.8%) 18 (4.0%)
June 2020 26 (4.5%) 7 (5.0%) 19 (4.3%)
COVID-19 symptoms 0.033 b
Asymptomatic 109 (18.7%) 35 (25.2%) 74 (16.6%)
Symptomatic 475 (81.3%) 104 (74.8%) 371 (83.4%)
Number of symptoms < 0.001 c
0–2 290 (49.6%) 91 (65.5%) 199 (44.6%)
3–4 201 (34.4%) 35 (25.2%) 166 (37.2%)
5–6 94 (16.1%) 13 (9.4%) 81 (18.2%)
Fever e 228 (48.0%) 31 (29.8%) 197 (53.0%) < 0.001 a
Cough e 265 (55.8%) 52 (50.0%) 213 (57.3%) 0.219a
Muscle pain e 312 (65.6%) 58 (55.8%) 254 (68.3%) 0.02 a
Headache e 272 (57.1%) 49 (47.1%) 223 (60.0%) 0.025 a
Shortness of breath e 92 (19.3%) 19 (18.3%) 73 (19.6%) 0.888a
Loss of taste or smell e 310 (65.1%) 58 (55.8%) 252 (67.7%) 0.027 a
COVID-19 severity 0.094c
Asymptomatic, Mild to Moderate 534 (91.8%) 132 (95.7%) 402 (90.5%)
Severe 38 (6.5%) 6 (4.4%) 32 (7.2%)
Critical 10 (1.7%) - 10 (2.3%)
Isolation/treatment site 0.1a
House 534 (91.8%) 132 (95.7%) 402 (90.5%)
Hospitalized 48 (8.3%) 6 (4.4%) 42 (9.5%)
Number of days in hospital d (mean ± sd) 14.3 ± 12.5 8.2 ± 6.4 15.1 ± 12.9 0.006 b
Comparing to your health before 0.019 c
getting sick with COVID-19, how
do you feel now
Better 53 (9.1%) 11 (8.0%) 42 (9.5%)
Equal 377 (65.0%) 103 (74.6%) 274 (62.0%)
Worst 150 (25.9%) 24 (17.4%) 126 (28.5%)

aFisher's exact test; bt-test; cPearson chi-square, dFever, Cough, Muscle pain, Headache, Shortness of breath and loss of taste or loss of smell only for participants with symptomatic disease; eNumber of days in hospital, only for participants who were hospitalized.

Statistically significant values are denoted in bold. Entries are n (%) unless otherwise stated.

Sample size is not constant due to missing data.

Total: Disease onset date (n = 584); Type of disease (n = 585); Fever (n = 475); Cough (n = 475); Muscle pain (n = 475); Headache (n = 475); Shortness of breath (n = 475); Loss of taste or loss of smell (n=475); Severity (n = 578); Isolation/treatment site (n = 582); Number of days in hospital (n = 48); Health condition (n = 580).

Antibody concentrations < 15: Disease onset date (n = 139); Type of disease (n = 139); Fever (n = 104); Cough (n = 104); Muscle pain (n = 104); Headache (n = 104); Shortness of breath (n = 104); Loss of taste or loss of smell (n = 104); Severity (n = 138); Isolation/treatment site (n = 138); Number of days in hospital (n = 6); Health condition (n = 138).

Antibody concentrations ≥15: Disease onset date (n = 445); Type of disease (n = 445); Fever (n = 371); Cough (n = 371); Muscle pain (n = 371); Headache (n = 104); Shortness of breath (n = 371); Loss of taste or loss of smell (n = 371); Severity (n = 440); Isolation/treatment site (n = 444); Number of days in hospital (n = 42); Health condition (n = 442).