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Table 1 Study participants characteristics, stratified by data cohort

From: Development and validation of a prognostic model for the early identification of COVID-19 patients at risk of developing common long COVID symptoms

 

Derivation cohort

Geographic validation cohort

SMD

Missing values (%)

n

1588

1211

  

Female sex (%)

765 (48.2)

520 (42.9)

0.105

0.0

Age at presentation in years (median [IQR])

44.00 [30.00, 56.00]

38.00 [29.00, 56.00]

0.122

0.0

Body mass index in kg/m2 (median [IQR])

24.65 [22.27, 28.05]

24.22 [21.77, 27.34]

0.098

0.3

Number of comorbidities (median [IQR])

0.00 [0.00, 1.00]

0.00 [0.00, 1.00]

0.020

0.0

Presence of at least one cardiovascular risk factor (%)

489 (30.9)

361 (29.9)

0.023

0.4

Number of acute COVID-19 symptoms (median [IQR])

5.00 [3.00, 6.00]

5.00 [3.00, 6.00]

0.041

0.0

Severity of acute COVID-19 (%)

  

0.316

0.0

   Outpatients

1395 (87.8)

941 (77.7)

  

   Ward

147 (9.3)

151 (12.5)

  

   ICU/IMC

46 (2.9)

119 (9.8)

  

Responsibility for childcare/family member (median [IQR])

1.00 [1.00, 4.00]

1.00 [1.00, 3.00]

0.160

1.6

Main responsibility for household (%)

  

0.026

0.9

   No

368 (23.4)

294 (24.5)

  

   Partners contributed  approximately equally

533 (33.9)

398 (33.1)

  

   Yes or live alone

672 (42.7)

509 (42.4)

  

Feeling of stress at home (1 no, 10 max) (median [IQR])

3.00 [2.00, 5.00]

3.00 [2.00, 5.00]

0.084

0.7

Study site

   

0.0

   University Hospital Basel

1588 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

  

   University Hospital Zurich

0 (0.0)

897 (74.1)

  

   University Hospital Bern

0 (0.0)

36 (3.0)

  

   Cantonal Hospital Baden

0 (0.0)

278 (23.0)

  
  1. Legend: ICU/IMC intensive or intermediate care, IQR interquartile range, SMD standardized mean difference between derivation and validation cohort