Table 4. Characteristics of the sample by Post COVID status
| Variable | Post COVID status | P – value |
| Post-COVID | Non–post-COVID |
| Gender | Male (N (%)) | 86 (34.54%) | 56 (47.46%) | 0.028 |
| Female (N (%)) | 163 (65.46%) | 62 (52.54%) |
| Total | 249 (100%) | 118 (100%) |
| BMI | Median (Q1 – Q3) | 21.94 (19.83 – 24.18) | 21.97 (19.72 – 23.415) | 0.687 |
| Maximum | 33.48 | 33.78 |
| Minimum | 16.02 | 16.16 |
| Age | Median (Q1 – Q3) | 33 (25 – 42) | 32 (24 – 42) | 0.956 |
| Maximum | 75 | 67 |
| Minimum | 18 | 18 |
| Cold – heat patterns | Cold (%) | 15.26% | 6.78% | 0.0003 |
| Heat (%) | 22.09% | 11.02% |
| Non–cold–heat (%) | 43.37% | 77.12% |
| Combination (%) | 19.28% | 5.08% |