Short-term follow-up HRCT Chest of COVID-19 survivors and association with persistent dyspnea

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 2 Association of dyspnea with patients age, sex, and coexisting illnesses

Parameters	Dyspnea present	Dyspnea absent	P value
Age < 40	2	12	0.07
Age > 40	16	10	0.07
Males	16	8	0.02
Females	2	14	0.02
Smoker	16	2	< 0.001
Non- smoker	2	20	< 0.001
Hypertensive	10	8	0.65
Non- hypertensive	8	14	0.65
Diabetic	0	10	0.53
Non- diabetic	8	22	0.53
Chronic disease	4	0	0.52
No history of chronic disease	22	14	0.52