TABLE 1

Clinical characteristics of the whole sample and stratified for COVID-19 diagnosis

Whole sample (n=2113)Hospitalised (n=112)Nonhospitalised (confirmed COVID-19) (n=345)Nonhospitalised (symptom-based COVID-19) (n=882)Nonhospitalised (suspected COVID-19) (n=774)p-value
Women1803 (85.3)78 (69.6)314 (91.0)774 (87.8)637 (82.3)<0.001
Age years47.0 (39.0–54.0)53.0 (46.3–60.0)47.0 (37.0–53.5)46.0 (38.0–53.0)47.0 (39.0–54.0)<0.001
BMI kg·m−225.2 (22.6–28.8)26.9 (24.5–30.9)26.0 (23.2–29.4)25.0 (22.3–28.7)24.9 (22.5–28.4)<0.001
Self-reported pre-existing comorbidities
 None1293 (61.2)51 (45.5)225 (65.2)523 (59.3)494 (63.8)0.007
 1 comorbidity541 (25.6)40 (35.7)77 (22.3)240 (27.2)184 (23.8)
 ≥2 comorbidities279 (13.2)21 (18.8)43 (12.5)119 (13.5)96 (12.4)
Self-reported health status before the onset of symptoms
 Good1799 (85.1)88 (78.6)316 (91.6)743 (84.2)652 (84.2)0.011
 Moderate301 (14.2)23 (20.5)27 (7.8)134 (15.2)117 (15.1)
 Poor13 (0.6)1 (0.9)2 (0.6)5 (0.6)5 (0.6)
Received health care during/after the onset of symptoms
 General practitioner1285 (60.8)62 (55.4)191 (55.4)584 (66.2)448 (57.9)<0.001
 Physiotherapist432 (20.4)42 (37.5)74 (21.4)214 (24.3)102 (13.2)<0.001
 Medical specialist366 (17.3)49 (43.8)68 (19.7)153 (17.3)96 (12.4)<0.001
 Psychologist112 (5.3)16 (14.3)23 (6.7)42 (4.8)31 (4.0)<0.001
 Dietician78 (3.7)17 (15.2)15 (4.3)34 (3.9)12 (1.6)<0.001
 Nurse63 (3.0)16 (14.3)10 (2.9)25 (2.8)12 (1.6)<0.001
 Occupational therapist25 (1.2)2 (1.8)5 (1.4)15 (1.7)3 (0.4)0.080

Data are presented as n (%) or median (interquartile range), unless otherwise stated. BMI: body mass index.