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Table 2 Clinical Characteristics of Participants According to SARS-CoV-2 Status

From: Vitamin D status of Arab Gulf residents screened for SARS-CoV-2 and its association with COVID-19 infection: a multi-centre case–control study

Clinical characteristics

Overall

R

SARS-CoV-2

p-value

p-value*

Negative

Positive

N

220

 

82 (37.3)

138 (62.7)

  

Arterial Blood Pressure

 Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

126 ± 16

0.02

119 ± 10

130 ± 18

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

75 ± 11

0.00

76 ± 9

75 ± 12

0.75

0.75

Vital Signs

 Temperature (°C)

37.1 ± 1.1

− 0.04

36.6 ± 0.5

37.5 ± 1.2

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 Pulse Rate

92 ± 16

− 0.16

94 ± 15.3

92 ± 17

0.31

0.77

 Respiratory Rate

22 ± 4

− 0.04

20 ± 3

24 ± 4

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Lipid Profile

 Total Cholesterol (mmol/l)

4.0 ± 1.5

− 0.10

4.6 ± 1.5

3.6 ± 1.4

 < 0.001

0.001

 HDL-Cholesterol (mmol/l)

1.0 ± 0.4

0.02

1.2 ± 0.4

0.8 ± 0.4

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 LDL-Cholesterol (mmol/l)

2.4 ± 0.9

− 0.06

2.7 ± 1.1

2.0 ± 1.0

 < 0.001

0.01

 Triglycerides (mmol/l)

1.6 ± 1.1

− 0.07

1.4 ± 1.2

1.6 ± 1.0

 < 0.001

0.22

Glycemic Profile

 Glucose (mmol/l)

9.3 ± 5.9

− 0.03

6.0 ± 3.1

10.6 ± 6.8

 < 0.001

0.004

Vitamin D

 25(OH) D (nmol/L)

57.5 ± 27.5

61.8 ± 22.8

55.0 ± 28.8

0.06

0.009

Inflammatory Markers

 Interleukin-6 (ng/ml)

8.6 ± 11.2

0.01

6.6 ± 11.1

10.1 ± 11.1

0.004

0.008

 C-Reactive Protein (µg/ml)

21.9 ± 27.7

0.02

8.9 ± 10.5

42.9 ± 33.6

 < 0.001

0.002

  1. Data presented as Mean ± SD whereas R indicates correlation coefficient, # indicates significance at 0.05. * indicates p-value adjusted for age and BMI. Bonferroni corrected p < 0.0038 is considered significant