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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients

From: COVID-19 infection: epidemiological, clinical, and radiological expression among adult population

 

All patients (n = 240)

Non-severe cases (n = 186)

Severe cases (n = 54)

P value

Age (years)

   

.000

 Mean ± SD (median)

45.82 ± 16.74 (44.0)

41.88 ± 14.55 (42.00)

59.37 ± 16.67 (62.00)

 Range

18–85

18–75

20–85

Age groups

   

.000

 ≥ 65 years

36 (15.0%)

10 (5.4%)

26 (48.1%)

 < 65 years

204 (85.0%)

176 (94.6)

28 (51.9%)

Gender

   

.000

 Male

140 (58.3%)

96 (51.6%)

44 (81.5%)

 Females

100 (41.7%)

90 (48.4%)

10 (18.5%)

Smoking history

   

.006

 Smoker

116 (48.3%)

81 (43.5 %)

35 (64.8%)

 Non-smoker

124 (51.7%)

105 (56.5%)

19 (35.2%)

Source of infection

   

0.67

 Known source

148 (61.7%)

116 (62.4 %)

32 (59.3%)

 Unknown source

92 (38.3 %)

70 (37.6 %)

22 (40.7%)

Body temperature

   

.001

 ≤ 38 °C

142 (59.2%)

122 (65.6%)

20 (37.0%)

 > 38–39 °C

94 (39.2%)

62 (33.3%)

32 (59.3%)

 > 39 °C

4 (1.7%)

2 (1.1%)

2 (3.7%)

Malaise

150 (62.5%)

120 (64.5%)

30 (55.6%)

0.23

Bone ache/myalgia

142 (59.2%)

104 (55.9%)

38 (70.4%)

0.06

Loss of taste/smell

94 (39.2%)

92 (49.5%)

2 (3.7%)

.000

Headache

76 (31.7%)

68 (36.6%)

8 (14.8%)

0.002

Sore throat

102 (42.5%)

96 (51.6%)

6 (11.1%)

.000

Runny nose

86 (35.8%)

86 (46.2%)

0 (0.0%)

.000

Dry cough

202 (84.2%)

164 (88.2%)

38 (70.4%)

0.002

Dyspnea

106 (44.2%)

58 (31.2%)

48 (88.9%)

.000

Chest tightness

176 (73.3%)

130 (69.9%)

46 (85.2%)

0.02

Chest pain

4 (1.7%)

0 (0.0%)

4 (7.4%)

.000

Expectoration

38 (15.8%)

16 (8.6%)

22 (40.7%)

.000

Abdominal pain

86 (35.8%)

74 (39.8%)

12 (22.2%)

.01

Diarrhea

70 (29.2%)

170 (70.8%)

62 (33.3%)

124 (66.7%)

8 (14.8%)

46 (85.2%)

.008

Cardiovascular diseases

6 (2.5%)

4 (2.2%)

2 (3.7%)

.52

Cerebrovascular disorders

4 (1.7%)

0 (0.0%)

4 (7.4%)

.000

HTN

54 (22.5%)

30 (16.1%)

24 (44.4%)

.000

DM

92 (38.3%)

66 (35.5%)

26 (48.1%)

.09

Other diseases

32 (13.3%)

30 (16.1%)

2 (3.7%)

.01

O2 saturation

   

.000

Mean ± SD

92.43 ± 8.48

96.01 ± 3.44

80.07 ± 9.11

 ≤ 93

82 (34.2%)

32 (17.2%)

50 (92.6%)

 > 93

158 (65.8%)

154 (82.8%)

4 (7.4%)

ICU admission

48 (20.0%)

8 (4.3%)

40 (74.1%)

.000

Disease outcome

   

.000

 Improvement

212 (88.3%)

186 (100%)

26 (48.1%)

 Death

28 (11.7%)

0 (0.0%)

28 (51.9%)

  1. P values comparing non-severe cases and severe cases are from χ2 test, Fisher’s exact test, or Mann-Whitney U test. A P value of less than 0.05 was regarded as statistically significant