Impact of pre-existing conditions on the severity of post-COVID syndrome among workers in healthcare and social services in Germany

Table 1 Characteristics of the study population (n = 2053)

		n	%
Sex	Male	377	18.3
Sex	Female	1,676	81.7
Age in years	< 30	217	10.6
	30–39	326	15.9
	40–49	384	18.7
	50–59	745	36.3
	60+	381	18.6
BMI	Underweight	31	1.5
	Normal weight	872	42.5
	Overweight	666	32.4
	Obesity	484	23.6
Smoking		327	15.9
Physical exercise	No physical exercise	655	31.9
	1 h/week	486	23.6
	2–3 h/week	587	28.6
	> 3 h/week	325	15.8
Hospitalisation	Inpatient	99	4.8
Hospitalisation	ICU	36	1.8
Clinically diagnosed conditions	At least one condition	1,138	55.5
	Cardiovascular diseases	525	25.6
	Respiratory diseases	251	12.2
	Mental disorders	252	12.3
	Urogenital diseases	84	4.1
	Hormonal/metabolic diseases	486	23.7

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