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Table 1 The common presenting symptoms, number of cases, and significance of severity with some significance in cases with no complain

From: The mean severity score and its correlation with common computed tomography chest manifestations in Egyptian patients with COVID-2019 pneumonia

Clinical complain

Number and percentages of cases

p value

No complain

25 (12.5%)

0.075*

Upper respiratory symptom (sore throat)

22 (11%)

0.175

Lower respiratory symptoms (cough, dyspnea, tachypnea, chest pain)

132 (66%)

0.059*/0.108/0.580/0.450

Fever

139 (69.5%)

0.113

Fatigue

34 (17%)

0.856

Gastrointestinal symptoms (abdominal pain, diarrhea)

5 (2.5%)

0.580/0.501

Chronic disease

51 (25.5%)

0.035*

  1. *p value < 0.1: significant