Table 1

Characteristics of individuals attended for COVID-19 detection from 18 March to 8 April 2020 at Polyclinic Piquet Carneiro, Rio de Janeiro

HCPNon-HCPTotalP value
N10012661297
Female, n (%)755 (58.2)155 (75.4)910 (71.8)<0.0001
Age (×±SD)41.3±10.642.4±11.80.956
BMI, median (25–75)26.5 (23.8–30.4)28.3 (24.7–33.2)0.0009
Colour–race, n (%)9352441179
 White532 (56.9)99 (40.6)631 (53.5)0.0004
 Brown248 (26.5)85 (34.8)333 (28.2
 Black135 (14.4)55 (22.5)190 (16.1)
 Asian11 (1.2)3 (0.1)14 (1.2)
 Not declared8 (0.8)2 (0.1)10 (0.8)
 Indigenous1 (0.0)0 (01 (0.0)
Education (years), n (%)9532431369
 Less 93 (3.1)36 14.8)39 (3.3)<0.0001
 9–12185 (19.4)92 (37.9)277 (23.2)
 12–16355 (37.2)85 (35.0)440 (36.8)
 >16410 (43.0)30 (12.3)440 (36.8)
Vaccine status
 Influenza vaccine in 2019636 (76.0)114 (61.9)750 (73.5)<0.0001
 Influenza vaccine in 2020375 (47.7)53 (31.1)428 (44.8)<0.0001
Medical history, n (%)10012661297
 Arterial hypertension180 (17.9)65 (24.4)245 (19.3)0.012
 Medicine drugs (in use)154 (15.3)28 (10.5)182 (14.3)0.025
 Chronic sinusitis81 (8.0)36 (13.5)117 (9.2)0.006
 Asthma86 (8.5)18 (6.7)104 (8.2)0.203
 Contraceptives (n=1052)78 (10.3)22 (14.1)100 (10.9)0.106
 Diabetes58 (5.7)20 (7.5)78 (6.1)0.184
 Tobacco use44 (4.4)29 (10.9)73 (5.7)<0.0001
 Obesity42 (4.2)30 (11.2)72 (5.6)<0.0001
 Chronic bronchitis50 (5.0)14 (5.2)64 (5.0)0.481
 Alcohol addiction47 (4.7)7 (2.6)54 (4.2)0.090
 Hypothyroidism43 (4.3)3 (1.1)46 (3.6)0.007
 Cardiovascular disease19 (1.9)6 (2.2)25 (1.9)0.432
 Tuberculosis10 (1.0)4 (1.5)14 (1.1)0.336
 Mental disease4 (0.4)4 (1.5)8 (0.6)0.065
 Neoplasia5 (0.5)1 (0.3)6 (0.4)0.631
 Liver disease3 (0.3)3 (1.1)6 (0.4)0.111
 Rheumatoid arthritis5 (0.5)0 (0)5 (0.3)0.307
  • Data expressed as mean±SD, compared with analysis of variance or median (25%–75%).

  • Bold values are p<0.05.

  • BMI, body mass index; HCP, healthcare professionals; non-HCP, non-healthcare personnel.