Table 1 Characteristics of the Rutgers Corona Cohort

 Sex

0.30

  Male

298 (35.9%)

191 (35.0%)

107 (37.8%)

  Female

531 (64.1%)

355 (65.0%)

176 (62.2%)

 Age (years)

0.001

  20–39

428 (51.6%)

300 (55.0%)

128 (45.2%)

  40–59

315 (38.0%)

204 (37.4%)

111 (39.2%)

  ≥ 60

86 (10.4%)

42 (7.7%)

44 (15.6%)

 Race

< 0.001

  White

483 (58.3%)

285 (52.2%)

198 (70.0%)

  Asian

170 (20.5%)

131 (24.2%)

39 (13.8%)

  Black

90 (10.9%)

70 (12.8%)

20 (7.1%)

  Other/missing

86 (10.4%)

60 (1%)

26 (9.2%)

Hispanic ethnicity

101 (12.2%)

68 (12.5%)

33 (11.7%)

0.74

Current smoker

37 (4.5%)

19 (3.5%)

18 (6.4%)

0.001

 Worked on-site (at hospital and/or university) in prior week

734 (88.5%)

530 (97.1%)

204 (72.1%)

< 0.001

 Stayed home as much as possible when not working

691 (83.9%)

461 (84.9%)

230 (81.9%)

0.25

 Avoided being around other people as much as possible

702 (85.4%)

467 (86.3%)

235 (83.6%)

0.34

 Recent exposure outside of work to someone with COVID-19 or new fever, cough, or shortness of breath

88 (10.7%)

68 (12.6%)

20 (7.1%)

0.02

 Any chronic comorbidity³

288 (34.7%)

184 (33.7%)

104 (36.8%)

0.38

  Diabetes mellitus

48 (5.9%)

34 (6.3%)

14 (5.0%)

0.44

  Hypertension

125 (15.2%)

80 (14.9%)

45 (15.9%)

0.68

  Coronary or cerebrovascular disease or heart failure

20 (2.4%)

15 (2.8%)

5 (1.8%)

0.38

  Asthma, COPD, or other chronic lung disease

113 (13.6%)

73 (13.4%)

40 (14.2%)

0.76

  Autoimmune disease or reported immunosuppressant use

40 (4.9%)

28 (5.2%)

12 (4.2%)

0.57

  COVID-19 symptoms in last week (any)⁴

98 (11.9%)

76 (13.9%)

22 (7.8%)

0.02