Total sample (n = 511)

G₁: BMI ³ 30 kg/m² (n = 137)

G₂: BMI < 30 kg/m² (n = 374)

p

Characteristics

Sex (female)

265 (51.9)

87 (64)

178 (47)

< 0.001^**

Age ≥ 50 years

335 (65.6)

258 (57)

77 (69)

0.010^**

Age (years)

56 ± 15

53 ± 14

57 ± 16

0.002^*

Height (m)

1.68 ± 0.09

1.66 ± 0.09

1.69 ± 0.09

0.045^*

Weight (kg)

79 ± 15

93 ± 13

74 ± 11

< 0.001^*

BMI (kg/m²)

27.8 ± 4.8

33.7 ± 3.5

25.7 ± 3.2

< 0.001^*

Corpulence status

Underweight

11 (2)

-

11 (3)

-

Normal weight

126 (25)

-

126 (34)

-

Overweight

237 (46)

-

237 (63)

-

Obesity level-1

101 (20)

101 (74)

-

-

Obesity level-2

28 (5)

28 (21)

-

-

Obesity level-3

8(2)

8 (6)

-

-

Smokers

69 (14)

10 (8)

59 (16)

0.013^*

Contact with a suspected/confirmed case of Covid-19

263 (52)

71 (52)

192 (52)

0.530

Medical background

Arterial hypertension

169 (33)

56 (41)

113 (30)

0.023^*

Mellitus diabetes

132 (26)

35 (26)

97 (26)

0.929

Chronic respiratory disease and allergy

56 (11)

12 (9)

44 (12)

0.348

COPD

9 (2)

1 (1)

8 (2)

0.284

Asthma

28 (5)

8 (6)

20 (5)

0.829

Heart diseases

64 (13)

17 (12)

47 (13)

0.962

Thyroid diseases

46 (9)

17 (13)

29 (8)

0.093

Cancer

14 (3)

2 (1)

12 (3)

0.292

G: Group. BMI: Body Mass Index. Quantitative and categorical data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation and number (%), respectively.

P (probability): p < 0.05 (^*Student Test, ^**Two sided Chi-2): G₁ vs. G₂.