Table 2.

Distribution rates of the most common 15 symptoms in PASC patients by sex and severity.

Symptom	Rates by sex (%)		P -value	Rates Likert scale 4–5**	Total (%)**
	Female	Male
Fatigue	88.6	81.8	0.0011*	61.8	86.5
Post exertional malaise	84.8	80	0.4675	66.6	82.8
Brain fog	81	80	0.8840	50	81.2
Unrefreshing sleep	81	69.1	0.1113	49	76.7
Lethargic	78.5	69.1	0.2191	57	74.6
Insomnia	74.7	58.2	0.0441*	44	65.9
Headache	65.8	63.6	0.9129	31.4	62.1
Anxiety/depression	57	67.3	0.3226	39.5	52.6
Lightheadedness	57	45.5	0.1895	32.8	50.8
Gastrointestinal	57	40	0.1289	20.9	48.9
Shortness of breath	51.9	41.8	0.3145	30.1	43.2
Nasal congestion	49.4	32.7	0.07590	21.4	42
Changes of smell	49.4	32.7	0.1024	32.7	41.2
Changes of taste	46.8	27.3	0.01*	31.5	39.2
Cough	44.3	29.1	0.074	23.5	36.6

^*P-value < 0.05 Chi-square.

^**Pearson correlation coefficient 0.92, P-value < 0.0001.