Table 1.
Characteristics of the patients with COVID-19.
| Characteristics | Total (N = 258) |
DM (n = 63) |
Non-DM (n = 195) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (year), median (IQR) | 64 (56, 70) | 65 (57–71) | 64 (55–70) | 0.092 |
| Sex, n (%) | 0.211 | |||
| Men | 138 (53.5) | 38 (60.3) | 100 (51.3) | |
| Women | 120 (46.5) | 25 (39.7) | 95 (48.7) | |
| Onset of symptoms to hospital admission | 12 (7, 15) | 11 (8, 15) | 12 (7, 15) | 0.748 |
| Symptoms, n (%) | ||||
| Fever | 212 (82.2) | 50 (79.4) | 162 (83.1) | 0.503 |
| Dry cough | 173(67.1) | 45 (71.4) | 128 (65.6) | 0.396 |
| Polypnea | 124 (48.1) | 31 (49.2) | 93 (47.7) | 0.834 |
| Fatigue | 98 (38.0) | 22 (34.9) | 76 (29.5) | 0.738 |
| Expectoration | 70 (27.1) | 21 (33.3) | 49 (25.1) | 0.203 |
| Diarrhea | 55 (21.3) | 17 (27.0) | 38 (19.5) | 0.207 |
| Myalgia | 40 (15.5) | 12 (19.0) | 28 (14.4) | 0.371 |
| Nausea | 31 (12.0) | 5 (7.9) | 26 (13.3) | 0.252 |
| Headache | 28 (10.9) | 3 (4.8) | 25 (12.8) | 0.074 |
| Vomiting | 22 (8.5) | 6 (9.5) | 16 (6.2) | 0.745 |
| Chest pain | 14 (5.4) | 2 (3.2) | 12 (4.7) | 0.364 |
| Pharyngalgia | 8 (3.1) | 4 (6.3) | 4 (2.1) | 0.087 |
| Preexisting condition, n (%) | ||||
| Hypertension | 98 (38.0) | 29 (46) | 69 (35.4) | 0.130 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 39 (15.1) | 15 (23.8) | 24 (12.3) | 0.027 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 12 (4.7) | 3 (4.8) | 9 (4.6) | 0.962 |
| Chronic pulmonary disease | 9 (3.5) | 2 (3.2) | 7 (3.6) | 0.876 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 9 (3.5) | 5 (8.8) | 4 (2.1) | 0.027 |
| Chronic liver disease | 3 (1.2) | 2 (3.2) | 1 (0.5) | 0.087 |
| Cancer | 12 (4.7) | 2 (3.2) | 10 (5.1) | 0.522 |
DM, diabetes mellitus; IQR, interquartile range.