Table 2.
Clinical symptoms of patients with and without cough or sputum in PRO after 12 months
| Cough | Sputum | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptom (+) (N = 32) |
Symptom (-) (N = 692) |
p value | Symptom (+) (N = 36) |
Symptom (-) (N = 688) |
p value | |
| Clinical symptoms on admission, n (%) | ||||||
| Fever | 23 (71.9) | 587 (84.8) | 0.049a | 29 (80.6) | 581 (84.4) | 0.532a |
| Cough | 26 (81.3) | 406 (58.7) | < 0.001a | 27 (75.0) | 405 (58.9) | 0.054a |
| Sputum | 22 (68.8) | 248 (35.8) | < 0.001a | 28 (77.8) | 242 (35.2) | < 0.001a |
| Sore throat | 12 (37.5) | 194 (28.0) | 0.189a | 16 (44.4) | 191 (27.7) | 0.006a |
| Taste impairment | 9 (28.1) | 250 (36.1) | 0.356a | 16 (44.4) | 215 (31.3) | 0.098a |
| Smell impairment | 6 (18.8) | 235 (34.0) | 0.074a | 11 (30.6) | 200 (29.1) | 0.848a |
| Dyspnea | 22 (68.8) | 319 (46.1) | 0.012a | 22 (61.1) | 315 (45.8) | 0.072a |
| Abdominal pain | 5 (15.6) | 65 (9.4) | 0.002a | 5 (13.9) | 65 (9.4) | 0.379a |
| Diarrhea | 4 (12.5) | 151 (21.8) | 0.209a | 7 (19.4) | 148 (21.5) | 0.768a |
aChi-Square test.