Table 1 Characteristics of REGARDS participants by self-report of illness with COVID-19 symptomsa
Overall (N = 9492) | Illness with COVID-19 symptoms | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Yes (N = 697) | No (N = 8795) | ||
Age, y | 76.8 ± 7.8 | 74.8 ± 7.3 | 77.0 ± 7.8 |
Sex | |||
Male | 4041 (42.6%) | 278 (39.9%) | 3763 (42.8%) |
Female | 5451 (57.4%) | 419 (60.1%) | 5032 (57.2%) |
Race | |||
Black | 3416 (36.0%) | 238 (34.1%) | 3178 (36.1%) |
White | 6076 (64.0%) | 459 (65.9%) | 5617 (63.9%) |
Income < $35,000 | 2876 (30.3%) | 216 (31.0%) | 2660 (30.2%) |
Unmarried | 3725 (39.2%) | 257 (36.9%) | 3468 (39.4%) |
Less than high school education | 558 (5.9%) | 39 (5.6%) | 519 (5.9%) |
Area-level poverty > 25% | 1488 (16.0%) | 116 (17.0%) | 1372 (15.9%) |
Rural residence | 1584 (16.9%) | 133 (19.4%) | 1451 (16.7%) |
Poor public health infrastructure | 3136 (33.0%) | 246 (35.3%) | 2890 (32.9%) |
Medicaid non-expansion state | 5131 (54.1%) | 372 (53.4%) | 4759 (54.1%) |
Higher residential segregation | 4744 (50.0%) | 323 (46.4%) | 4421 (50.3%) |
Cigarette smoking | |||
Current | 611 (6.4%) | 35 (5.0%) | 576 (6.6%) |
Past | 3827 (40.3%) | 305 (43.8%) | 3522 (40.1%) |
Never | 5049 (53.2%) | 356 (51.2%) | 4693 (53.4%) |
BMI, kg/m2 | 29.4 ± 6.4 | 30.5 ± 6.8 | 29.3 ± 6.4 |
Diabetes | 2155 (22.7%) | 196 (28.1%) | 1959 (22.3%) |
Hypertension | 6277 (66.1%) | 473 (67.9%) | 5804 (66.0%) |
History of stroke | 574 (6.1%) | 46 (6.6%) | 528 (6.0%) |
History of coronary heart disease | 1868 (19.7%) | 170 (24.4%) | 1698 (19.3%) |
History of heart failure | 167 (1.8%) | 13 (1.9%) | 154 (1.8%) |