Characteristics | Total (n = 8935) | COVID-19 virus not identified (n = 3833) | COVID-19 virus identified, (n = 5102) | p-value |
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Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||
Sex, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
Male | 2911 (33) | 1503 (39) | 1408 (28) | |
Female | 6024 (67) | 2330 (61) | 3694 (72) | |
Age, mean (± SD) | 46.7 (11.4) | 46.9 (11.3) | 46.5 (11.5) | 0.239# |
Median (IQR)/min–max | 48 (18)/18–76 | 48 (17)/19–76 | 48 (18)/18–75 | |
Country of birth, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
Sweden | 5943 (67) | 2664 (70) | 3279 (64) | |
Nordic countries, except for Sweden | 183 (2) | 70 (2) | 113 (2) | |
European countries, except Nordic countries | 833 (9) | 309 (8) | 524 (10) | |
Asian countries | 1317 (15) | 523 (14) | 794 (16) | |
Other countries | 653 (7) | 264 (7) | 389 (8) | |
Education, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
Primary school (≤ 9 years) | 822 (9) | 397 (10) | 425 (8) | |
Secondary school (10–12 years) | 4456 (50) | 1761 (57) | 2695 (53) | |
Short university education (13–14 years) | 1269 (14) | 595 (16) | 674 (13) | |
Long university education (≥ 15 years) | 2324 (26) | 1044 (28) | 1280 (25) | |
Income in 10,000 SEK, mean (± SD) | 30.1 (24.8) | 31.0 (35.0) | 29.4 (12.5) | 0.001# |
Marital status, n (%) | 0.004 | |||
Married | 4087 (46) | 1681 (44) | 2406 (47) | |
Single | 3171 (36) | 1385 (36) | 1786 (35) | |
Divorced | 1552 (17) | 716 (19) | 836 (16) | |
Widow/Widower | 118 (1) | 47 (1) | 71 (1) | |
Children living at home, yes, n (%) | 4932 (55) | 2092 (55) | 2840 (56) | 0.218 |
Age ≤ 18 years | 3362 (38) | 1436 (38) | 1926 (38) | 0.795 |
Sick leave prior to COVID-19 ≥ 28 days, yes, n (%) | 1553 (17) | 664 (17) | 889 (17) | 0.900 |
Diagnostic groups 1 year prior to COVID-19, n (%) | 0.476 | |||
No prior sick leave | 6568(76) | 2834(76) | 3734 (75) | |
Mental, behavioural, and neurodevelopmental disorders | 502 (6) | 220 (6) | 282 (6) | |
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diseases | 441(5) | 180 (5) | 261 (5) | |
Respiratory system diseases | 250 (3) | 103 (3) | 147 (3) | |
All other isolated diagnoses | 683 (8) | 277 (7) | 406 (8) | |
Multiple diagnoses | 232 (3) | 109 (3) | 123 (3) | |
Employment status, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
Employed | 8645 (97) | 3651 (95) | 4994 (98) | |
Self-employed | 182 (2) | 112 (3) | 70 (1) | |
Unemployed | 105 (1) | 69 (2) | 36 (1) | |
COVID-19-related information | ||||
Long COVID-19, sick leave ≥ 84 days, no, n (%) | 8142 (91) | 3416 (89) | 4726 (93) | < 0.001 |
Yes, n (%) | 793 (9) | 417 (11) | 376 (7) | |
Length of sick leave in days during the 4 months post COVID-19 | ||||
Mean (± SD) | 43.1 (25.6) | 46.3 (27.4) | 40.7 (24.0) | < 0.001# |
Median (IQR)/min–max | 35 (20)/1–122 | 36 (25)/1–122 | 33 (17)/2–122 |