Table 1 Characteristics of 152,880 participants tested for SARS-CoV-2, September 1, 2020–April 2, 2021.
Positive (n = 61,002) | Negative (n = 91,878) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | |||
Median (IQR) | 49 (34, 60) | 53 (40, 62) | <0.001 |
BMI (kg/m²) | |||
Median (IQR) | 25.2 (22.7, 28.5) | 25.3 (22.7, 28.6) | 0.45 |
Sex (n, %) | |||
Female | 35,830 (58.7%) | 57,664 (62.8%) | <0.0001 |
Male | 25,172 (41.3%) | 34,214 (37.2%) | |
Education (n, %) | |||
Higher (2–4 years, BSc) | 19,078 (31.3%) | 30,105 (32.8%) | <0.0001 |
Higher (>5 years, MSc, PhD) | 10,439 (17.1%) | 14,692 (16.0%) | |
Vocational training | 10,223 (16.8%) | 16,785 (18.3%) | |
General secondary or vocational secondary | 6996 (11.5%) | 7985 (8.7%) | |
Higher (1–2 years, vocational academy) | 6439 (10.6%) | 10,489 (11.4%) | |
Primary or elementary school (9th–10th grade) | 5734 (9.4%) | 8734 (9.5%) | |
Do not know/do not wish to answer | 2092 (3.4%) | 3087 (3.4%) | |
Employment (n, %) | |||
Employed full-time | 33,516 (54.9%) | 47,717 (51.9%) | <0.0001 |
Pensioner or early retiree | 8874 (14.5%) | 17,281 (18.8%) | |
Employed part-time | 5457 (8.9%) | 9956 (10.8%) | |
Student | 5833 (9.6%) | 6596 (7.2%) | |
Self-employed | 3494 (5.7%) | 4207 (4.6%) | |
Other | 1770 (2.9%) | 3194 (3.5%) | |
Unemployed or seeking job | 939 (1.5%) | 1205 (1.3%) | |
Long-term sick leave | 446 (0.7%) | 791 (0.9%) | |
Stay-at-home parent or on parental leave | 465 (0.8%) | 685 (0.7%) | |
Benefits recipient | 207 (0.3%) | 246 (0.3%) | |
Smoking (n, %) | |||
Never | 31,443 (51.5%) | 44,198 (48.1%) | <0.0001 |
Not in the past 5 years | 15,739 (25.8%) | 25,225 (27.5%) | |
Occasionally | 5179 (8.5%) | 6382 (6.9%) | |
Daily (more than ten cigarettes/day) | 1915 (3.1%) | 5114 (5.6%) | |
Yes, within the past 5 years | 3390 (5.6%) | 4615 (5.0%) | |
Daily (less than ten cigarettes/day) | 2357 (3.9%) | 4832 (5.3%) | |
E-cigarettes/vaping | 806 (1.3%) | 1204 (1.3%) | |
No information | 173 (0.3%) | 308 (0.3%) | |
Physical activity—past 6 months (n, %) | |||
Walk, cycle or light exercise (at least four times/week) | 35,920 (58.9%) | 58,848 (64.1%) | <0.0001 |
Work out or do gardening (at least four times/week) | 15,163 (24.9%) | 18,490 (20.1%) | |
Read, watch TV or other sedentary lifestyle | 6742 (11.1%) | 11,696 (12.7%) | |
Hard training or competitive sports (several times/week) | 3173 (5.2%) | 2840 (3.1%) | |
Physical form—past 6 months (n, %) | |||
Good | 25,003 (41.0%) | 33,536 (36.5%) | <0.0001 |
Fair | 21,999 (36.1%) | 37,288 (40.6%) | |
Less good | 7010 (11.5%) | 13,109 (14.3%) | |
Really good | 5230 (8.6%) | 4602 (5.0%) | |
Poor | 1760 (2.9%) | 3343 (3.6%) | |
