Table 2 Characteristics of participants with severe post-COVID syndrome (PCS, at least one severe symptom > 12 weeks after COVID-19 infection) and participants without severe PCS.
|  |  | Severe post-COVID (n = 442, 21,5%) | No severe post-COVID (n = 1611, 78,5%) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |||
Sex | Male | 55 | 12.4 | 322 | 20.0 | < 0.001 |
Female | 387 | 87.6 | 1,289 | 80.0 | ||
Age in years | < 30 | 44 | 10.0 | 173 | 10.7 | 0.012 |
30–39 | 52 | 11.8 | 274 | 17.0 | ||
40–49 | 76 | 17.2 | 308 | 19.1 | ||
50–59 | 188 | 42.5 | 557 | 34.6 | ||
60+ | 82 | 18.6 | 299 | 18.6 | ||
BMI | Underweight | 13 | 2.9 | 18 | 1.1 | < 0.001 |
Normal weight | 142 | 32.1 | 730 | 45.3 | ||
Overweight | 148 | 33.5 | 518 | 32.1 | ||
Obesity | 139 | 31.4 | 345 | 21.4 | ||
Smoking | Â | 85 | 19.2 | 242 | 15.0 | 0.040 |
Physical exercise | No physical exercise | 149 | 33.7 | 506 | 31.4 | 0.742 |
1Â h/week | 104 | 23.5 | 382 | 23.7 | ||
2–3 h/week | 125 | 28.3 | 462 | 28.7 | ||
> 3 h/week | 64 | 14.5 | 261 | 16.2 | ||
Hospitalisation | Inpatient | 36 | 8.1 | 63 | 3.9 | < 0.001 |
ICU | 19 | 4.3 | 17 | 1.1 | ||
Clinically diagnosed conditions | At least one condition | 396 | 67.0 | 842 | 52.3 | < 0.001 |
Cardiovascular diseases | 152 | 34.4 | 373 | 23.2 | < 0.001 | |
Respiratory diseases | 91 | 20.6 | 160 | 9.9 | < 0.001 | |
Mental disorders | 79 | 17.9 | 173 | 10.7 | < 0.001 | |
Urogenital diseases | 31 | 7.0 | 53 | 3.3 | < 0.001 | |
Hormonal/metabolic diseases | 130 | 29.4 | 356 | 22.1 | 0.002 | |