Table 2.
Signs, symptoms and clinical manifestations in different age groups
| Clinical symptoms | Age < 18 N = 116 |
Age ⩾ 18 N = 135 |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fever >38 °C | 83(72%) | 83(62%) | 0.09 |
| Cough | 66(57%) | 111(82%) | <0.001 |
| Rhinorrhoea | 39(34%) | 27(20%) | 0.01 |
| Sore throat | 14(12%) | 24(18%) | 0.2 |
| Shortness of breath | 19(16%) | 70(52%) | <0.001 |
| Abdominal pain | 25(22%) | 11(8%) | 0.002 |
| Vomiting | 39(34%) | 23(17%) | 0.002 |
| Diarrhoea | 17(15%) | 10(7%) | 0.06 |
| Vital signs | |||
| O2 Saturation (%) | 96.0 ± 6.3 | 91.0 ± 7.3 | <0.001 |
| Respiratory rate (per minute) | 30.9 ± 13.9 | 23.5 ± 12.1 | 0.09 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 105.6 ± 14.6 | 124.3 ± 23.3 | <0.001 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 63.7 ± 13.0 | 72.7 ± 13.7 | <0.001 |
| Laboratory tests | |||
| Leucocytes (1000/μl) | 9.2 ± 6.5 | 7.9 ± 4.6 | 0.08 |
| Lymphocytes (1000/μl) | 2.5 ± 3.1 | 1.2 ± 2.8 | 0.001 |
| Platelets (1000/μl) | 256.9 ± 145.6 | 194.6 ± 70.1 | <0.001 |
| Neutrophils (%) | 62.6 ± 19.1 | 78.1 ± 10.9 | <0.001 |
| Haemoglobin (g/dl) | 12.1 ± 1.6 | 12.6 ± 2.1 | 0.05 |
| Complications | |||
| Pneumonia | 6(5%) | 49(36%) | <0.001 |
| Respiratory failure | 2(2%) | 8(6%) | 0.09 |
| Pleural effusion | 1(1%) | 8(6%) | 0.03 |
| Shock | 4(4%) | 5(4%) | 0.9 |
| Intensive care admission | 8(7%) | 10(7%) | 0.9 |
| Intubation and mechanical ventilation | 5(4%) | 7(5%) | 0.7 |
| Mortality | 3(3%) | 3(2%) | 0.8 |
| Hospitalisation | |||
| Symptom duration prior to admission (days) | 3.5 ± 3.1 | 3.9 ± 6.1 | 0.5 |
| Antiviral treatment | 97(84%) | 129(96%) | 0.002 |
| Symptom duration prior to treatment (days) | 3.6 ± 3.0 | 3.7 ± 6.3 | 0.1 |
| Hospitalisation duration (days) | 3.2 ± 4.4 | 4.9 ± 4.7 | 0.03 |