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. 2024 Jan 16;8(4):299–308. doi: 10.3138/jammi-2023-0007

Table 3:

COVID-19 symptoms overall and among those with early and late testing

Variable Overall (n = 4,607) Among patients with early testing (≤3d; n = 2,452) Among patients with late testing (>3d; n = 2,155) p-value
Symptom clusters
 Upper respiratory 2,364 (51.3%) 1,305 (53.2%) 1,059 (49.1%) 0.01
 Cardiorespiratory 2,550 (55.4%) 1,298 (52.9%) 1,252 (58.1%) 0.0004
 Constitutional 2,851 (61.9%) 1,512 (61.7%) 1,339 (62.1%) 0.74
 Gastrointestinal 973 (21.1%) 473 (19.3%) 500 (23.2%) 0.001
 Neurologic 2,521 (54.7%) 1,307 (53.3%) 1,214 (56.3%) 0.04
 Psychiatric 1,024 (22.2%) 489 (19.9%) 535 (24.8%) 0.0001
 Rheumatologic 1,676 (36.4%) 920 (37.5%) 756 (35.1%) 0.17
Symptoms
 Fever 1,461 (31.7%) 779 (31.8%) 682 (31.6%) 0.93
 Pharyngitis 1,337 (29.0%) 787 (32.1%) 550 (25.5%) <0.0001
 Rhinorrhea 1,497 (32.5%) 770 (31.4%) 727 (33.7%) 0.09
 Cough 2,360 (51.2%) 1,214 (49.5%) 1,146 (53.2%) 0.01
 Sputum 176 (3.8%) 79 (3.2%) 97 (4.5%) 0.02
 Hemoptysis 14 (0.3%) 6 (0.2%) 8 (0.4%) 0.44
 Dyspnea 455 (9.9%) 173 (7.1%) 282 (13.1%) <0.0001
 Chills 987 (21.4%) 530 (21.6%) 457 (21.2%) 0.74
 Chest pain 353 (7.7%) 179 (7.3%) 174 (8.1%) 0.32
 Otalgia 130 (2.8%) 63 (2.6%) 67 (3.1%) 0.27
 Conjunctivitis 158 (3.4%) 90 (3.7%) 68 (3.2%) 0.34
 Anosmia 991 (21.5%) 388 (15.8%) 603 (28.0%) <0.0001
 Dysgeusia 984 (21.4%) 400 (16.3%) 584 (27.1%) <0.0001
 Myalgia 1,553 (33.7%) 850 (34.7%) 703 (32.6%) 0.14
 Arthralgia 443 (9.6%) 223 (9.1%) 220 (10.2%) 0.20
 Abdominal pain 251 (5.4%) 125 (5.1%) 126 (5.8%) 0.26
 Nausea/Vomiting 450 (9.8%) 214 (8.7%) 236 (11.0%) 0.01
 Diarrhea 541 (11.7%) 252 (10.3%) 289 (13.4%) 0.001
 Lymphadenopathy 14 (0.3%) 8 (0.3%) 6 (0.3%) 0.77
 Rash 67 (1.5%) 34 (1.4%) 33 (1.5%) 0.68
 Fatigue 2,005 (43.5%) 1,034 (42.2%) 971 (45.1%) 0.05
 Headache 1,767 (38.4%) 987 (40.3%) 780 (36.2%) 0.005
 Confusion 83 (1.8%) 42 (1.7%) 41 (1.9%) 0.63
 Depression/Anxiety 227 (4.9%) 113 (4.6%) 114 (5.3%) 0.29
 Insomnia 320 (6.9%) 166 (6.8%) 154 (7.1%) 0.62
 Anorexia 780 (16.9%) 355 (14.5%) 425 (19.7%) <0.0001