Demographics of each of the different acute respiratory illness (ARI) subgroups
| ARIALL
(n=84) | ARICOV* (n=45) | ARIOTH
(n=39) | ARICOV versus ARIOTH
(p value) | |
| Age (mean (SD)) | 33.9 (13.8) | 32.6 (14.0) | 35.5 (13.5) | 0.345 |
| Sex (n, % males) | 41 (48.8) | 18 (40.0) | 23 (59.0) | 0.082 |
| Height (mean (SD))† | 172.8 (18.4) | 170.7 (23.5) | 175.2 (9.4) | 0.241 |
| Weight (mean (SD)) | 72.3 (14.5) | 70.0 (14.2) | 74.9 (14.6) | 0.125 |
| Sporting level (professional) (n (%)) | 26 (31) | 14 (31.1) | 12 (30.8) | 0.973 |
| Years sporting experience (mean, SD)† | 12.7 (10.3) | 11.4 (7.5) | 14.2 (12.7) | 0.247 |
*ARICOV is the combined ARICOV+ve (n=40) and ARICOV-S (n=5) subgroups.
†For this variable, there are missing data for 1 participant