Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the SARS-Cov-2 infected AR with SLIT or AR without SLIT groups.

From: A retrospective cohort study on the association between allergic rhinitis, sublingual immunotherapy, and COVID-19 symptomatology

Characteristics

Total

AR with SLIT

AR without SLIT

p-value

Subjects, N (%)

605 (100.0)

122 (20.2)

483 (79.8)

–

Gender, male, N (%)

357 (59.0)

68 (55.7)

289 (59.4)

0.411

Age, year, mean (SD)

22.3 (12.6)

22 (10.4)

22 (13.1)

0.595

BMI, mean (SD)

21.3 (3.7)

21 (4.1)

21 (3.6)

0.623

Vaccination, N (%)

   

0.626

 Yes

580 (0.5)

116 (95.1)

464 (96.1)

 

 No

25 (4.1)

6 (4.918)

19 (3.9)

 

Smoking history, N (%)

   

0.852

 Yes

18 (3.0)

4 (3.3)

14 (2.9)

 

 No

587 (97.0)

118 (96.7)

469 (97.1)

 

Asthma, N (%)

   

0.090

 Yes

31 (5.1)

10 (8.2)

21 (4.3)

 

 No

574 (94.9)

112 (91.8)

462 (95.7)

 

SARS-CoV-2 infections during the study period, N (%)

   

0.569

 First

602 (99.5)

121 (99.2)

481 (99.6)

 

 Second

3 (0.5)

1 (0.8)

2 (0.4)

 

 Third

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 
  1. AR, allergic rhinitis; BMI, body mass index; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome virus 2; SD, standard deviation; SLIT, sublingual immunotherapy.