Table 1.
Entire period | SARS-CoV-2 variant type | P a | Health outcomes | P b | ||||||
Alpha | Delta | Omicron | None | Extension of recovery period | Hospitalization | Severe health consequences | ||||
n = 24,314 | n = 1,640 | n = 3,121 | n = 19,553 | n = 20,500 | n = 1,457 | n = 2,102 | n = 255 | |||
Gender: men | 48.5% | 52.8% | 53.1% | 47.4% | <0.001 | 48.1% | 47.6% | 50.9% | 61.6% | <0.001 |
Age: 65 years or older | 14.9% | 19.4% | 6.4% | 15.9% | <0.001 | 11.4% | 15.0% | 43.1% | 63.9% | <0.001 |
Population size: ≥120,000 | 20.5% | 21.3% | 23.0% | 20.0% | <0.001 | 20.4% | 19.7% | 22.3% | 16.2% | 0.437 |
No. of aggravation risk factors: ≥1 | 27.7% | 39.3% | 34.5% | 25.7% | <0.001 | 24.0% | 29.1% | 57.7% | 74.0% | <0.001 |
No. of symptoms at diagnosis: ≥3 | 20.8% | 15.1% | 22.5% | 21.0% | <0.001 | 20.5% | 20.2% | 23.5% | 24.9% | 0.001 |
Vaccination status: unvaccinated | 30.3% | 98.4% | 84.6% | 16.0% | <0.001 | 25.6% | 55.5% | 56.7% | 54.9% | <0.001 |
aChi-squared test. bCochran-Armitage test.