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Table 1 Patient characteristics at baseline

From: Balneotherapy for the treatment of post-COVID syndrome: a randomized controlled trial

 

Participants, No./total, No. (%)

Balneotherapy N = 51

Control N = 47

Sex (% female)

45/51 (88.2)

39/47 (83.0)

Age, years (mean ± SD)

47.84 ± 9.93

48.95 ± 8.43

BMI kg/m2 (mean ± SD)

25.8 ± 5.4

25.54 ± 4.52

ICU admission (%)

2/51 (3.9)

1/47 (2.1)

SARS-Cov-2 vaccination status

complete

complete

Year of COVID-19 primoinfection (%)

  

2020

36/51 (70.6)

34/47 (72.3)

2021

14/51 (27.5)

12/47 (25.5)

2022

1/51 (2)

1/47 (2.1)

  1. Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; ICU: Intensive Care Unit. Complete vaccination was considered when patients had received at least 2 doses of vaccine