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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: Incidence and risk factors of COVID-19-like symptoms in the French general population during the lockdown period: a multi-cohort study

 

Constances

N = 46,107 (39)a

E3NE4N

N = 31,398 (27)

NutriNet-Santé

N = 39,398 (34)

Total adults

116,903 (100)

  

E3N

N = 16,744

E4NG1

N = 4865

E4NG2

N = 9789

  

Questionnaires

 First

Apr 6, 2020

Apr 17, 2020

Apr 17, 2020

Apr 9, 2020

Apr 1, 2020

Apr 1, 2020

 Last

May 5, 2020

May 8, 2020

May 7, 2020

May 6, 2020

May 12, 2020

May 12, 2020

Age group (years)

  < 40

9504 (21)a

0 (0)

0 (0)

764 (8)

6296 (16)

16,564 (14)

 [40–50[

10,483 (23)

0 (0)

0 (0)

4016 (41)

6701 (17)

21,200 (18)

 [50–60[

9400 (20)

0 (0)

3 (1)

3820 (39)

7799 (20)

21,022 (18)

 [60–70[

11,408 (25)

0 (0)

273 (6)

1146 (12)

9933 (25)

22,760 (19)

  > =70

5312 (16)

16,744 (100)

4589 (94)

43 (0)

8669 (22)

35,357 (30)

Gender

 Female

23,426 (51)

16,744 (100)

0 (0)

6483 (66)

30,130 (76)

76,783 (66)

 Male

22,681 (49)

0 (0)

4865 (100)

3306 (34)

9268 (34)

40,120 (34)

Regions

 Ile-de-France

7856 (17)

2760 (16)

707 (15)

2440 (25)

7280 (18)

21,043 (18)

 Grand-Est

4165 (9)

1308 (8)

387 (8)

615 (6)

2903 (7)

9378 (8)

 Other French metropolitan regions

34,086 (74)

12,673 (76)

3770 (77)

6218 (64)

28,086 (71)

84,833 (73)

 French Overseas

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0)

54 (1)

305 (1)

360 (0)

 Foreign countries

0 (0)

3 (0)

0 (0)

401 (4)

824 (2)

1228 (1)

 Missing

0

0

0

61

0

61

Living Area

 Rural

3349 (8)

5125 (31)

1613 (33)

2784 (29)

13,550 (34)

26,421 (23)

  < 20,000 inhab.

1310 (3)

4526 (27)

1454 (30)

2330 (24)

9174 (23)

18,794 (16)

 20–000-100,000 inhab.

2871 (7)

3989 (24)

1061 (22)

2254 (23)

8886 (23)

19,061 (17)

  > 100,000 inhab.

36,473 (83)

3005 (18)

722 (15)

2389 (24)

7788 (20)

50,377 (44)

 Missing

2104

99

15

32

0

2250

Household size and composition

      

 Nb persons (incl. participant)

      

  1

6461 (14)

4869 (30)

168 (4)

1200 (12)

7855 (20)

20,553 (18)

  2

18,963 (41)

10,601 (65)

4260 (91)

2465 (25)

18,032 (46)

54,231 (47)

  3–6

20,274 (44)

751 (5)

253 (5)

5990 (61)

13,360 (34)

40,268 (35)

  7 or +

248 (1)

44 (0)

6 (0)

87 (1)

151 (0)

536 (0)

  Missing

161

479

178

47

0

865

 Nb children (< 18 yrs)

  0

31,462 (68)

16,089 (99)

4640 (99)

5033 (52)

29,841 (76)

87,908 (75)

  1

5637 (12)

100 (1)

33 (1)

1852 (19)

4063 (10)

11,693 (10)

  2

6761 (15)

61 (0)

11 (0)

2151 (22)

4189 (11)

13,186 (11)

  3–6

2078 (5)

13 (0)

3 (0)

701 (7)

1301 (3)

4097 (4)

  7 or +

8 (0)

2 (0)

0 (0)

5 (0)

4 (0)

19 (0)

  Missing

161

479

178

47

0

865

Educational level

  < High-school degree

5843 (13)

971 (6)

595 (12)

 

5830 (15)

13,239 (13)

 High-school degree or undergraduate

23,839 (53)

7486 (46)

1335 (28)

 

17,247 (44)

49,907 (47)

 Graduate degree or doctorate

15,257 (34)

7790 (48)

2906 (60)

 

16,060 (41)

42,013 (40)

 Other or Missing

1168

497

29

9789

261

11,744

Professional activity before lockdown

 Student

402 (1)

6 (0)

0 (0)

19 (0)

426 (1)

853 (1)

 Working

29,153 (63)

47 (0)

31 (1)

8299 (85)

20,529 (52)

58,059 (50)

 Looking for a job

1543 (3)

1 (0)

3 (0)

336 (3)

1128 (3)

3111 (3)

 Retired

13,678 (30)

16,188 (97)

4705 (97)

756 (8)

15,368 (39)

50,695 (43)

 Not working due to health conditions

383 (1)

9 (0)

3 (0)

110 (1)

552 (1)

1057 (1)

 No professional activity (housewife or husband)

806 (2)

438 (3)

113 (2)

205 (2)

1295 (3)

2857 (2)

 Missing

142

55

10

64

0

271

Essential job position

 Healthcare worker

1968 (4)

0 (0)

1 (0)

555 (6)

1744 (4)

4268 (4)

 Other essential job

5330 (12)

6 (0)

2 (0)

1423 (15)

4250 (11)

11,011 (9)

Professional activity during lockdown

 Not working

16,812 (36)

16,642 (100)

4824 (100)

1426 (16)

18,869 (53)

58,873 (54)

 Stopped working

2304 (5)

 

0 (0)

423 (5)

1703 (5)

4442 (4)

 Working from home, remote working

15,030 (35)

12 (0)

14 (0)

5015 (56)

8910 (25)

28,986 (27)

 Partially working from home

2908 (7)

17 (0)

5 (0)

899 (10)

2201 (6)

6015 (6)

 Working outside home

4189 (10)

2 (0)

1 (0)

902 (10)

3614 (10)

8707 (8)

 Other

1321 (3)

1 (0)

3 (0)

359 (4)

104 (0)

1789 (2)

 Missing

3543

2 (0)

68

18

765

3997

8391

BMI (kg/m2)

  < 18.5

1147 (2)

633 (4)

31 (1)

296 (4)

1752 (5)

3859 (3)

 [18.5; 25[

26,254 (58)

9621 (59)

2385 (49)

5173 (63)

23,054 (60)

66,487 (59)

 [25; 30[(overweight)

13,320 (30)

4597 (28)

2023 (42)

1944 (24)

9538 (25)

31,422 (28)

  > =30 (obese)

4173 (9)

1402 (9)

382 (8)

763 (9)

4098 (11)

10,818 (10)

 Missing

1213

491

44

1613

956

3873

Chronic diseases

 Yes

11,777 (26)

7984 (48)

2826 (58)

2338 (24)

14,310 (36)

39,235 (34)

 No

33,891 (74)

8490 (51)

1977 (41)

7378 (75)

24,752 (21)

76,488 (66)

 Don’t know

284 (1)

195 (1)

51 (1)

65 (1)

336 (1)

931 (1)

 Missing

155

75

11

8

0

249

Chronic diseases

 Asthma, COPD, other respir. Diseases

1399 (3)

5794 (35)

1572 (32)

295 (3)

7042 (18)

16,102 (14)

 Diabetes

690 (2)

3252 (20)

1127 (23)

127 (1)

1417 (4)

6613 (6)

 Hypertension

2993 (7)

3275 (20)

1218 (25)

469 (5)

4787 (12)

12,742 (11)

 Other cardiovascular diseases

934 (2)

1012 (6)

727 (15)

101 (1)

1293 (3)

4067 (3)

 Cancer

602 (1)

755 (5)

426 (9)

108 (1)

4525 (11)

6416 (6)

 Anxiety, depression

1083 (2)

619 (4)

106 (2)

267 (3)

1323 (3)

3398 (3)

 Other

3253 (7)

3430 (21)

791 (16)

569 (6)

7408 (19)

15,451 (13)

 Missing

142

55

10

64

0

249

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