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Table 1 Children with illness symptoms tested for COVID-19, by test result, April – November 2020

From: Utility of illness symptoms for predicting COVID-19 infections in children

Characteristic

Total

N = 2,167

Positive COVID-19 Test

N = 241

Negative COVID-19 Test

N = 1926

Age at testing in years, n (%)

 0–4

960 (44.3%)

76 (31.5%)

884 (45.9%)

 5–11

655 (30.2%)

71 (29.5%)

584 (30.3%)

 12–18

552 (25.5%)

94 (39.0%)

458 (23.8%)

 Median age (IQR)

a

9 (3–13)b

4 (2–9)b

Sex, %

 Female

49.1%

49.4%

49.1%

Ethnicity, %

 Hispanic or Latino

22.7%

49.0%

19.4%

 Unknown/Declined

19.7%

15.8%

20.1%

Race, %

 White

36.6%

26.1%

38.0%

 Asian

11.9%

8.3%

12.4%

 Black or African American

5.0%

4.1%

5.1%

 Other

25.0%

42.3%

22.8%

 Unknown/Declined

21.4%

19.1%

21.7%

Language Preference, %

 English

92.4%

82.2%

93.7%

 Spanish

6.0%

16.6%

4.7%

 Other

1.6%

1.2%

1.6%

Without complex chronic disease, %

83.7%

83.8%

83.7%

Known Contact Exposure, %

19.1%

70.1%

12.7%

  1. aUnable to calculate, based on Site 3 1:4 case–control matching by age and COVID test result date
  2. bSites 1 and 2 only; Site 3 not included because of case–control matching by age