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. 2020 May 26;96:683–687. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.068

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the 93 COVID-19 patients.

Clinical characteristics All patients (n = 93) Flu (n = 46) Non-flu (n = 47) P-value
Female 42 (45.2) 24 (52.2) 18 (38.3) 0.18
Age (years) 67.0 (54.0, 72.0) 65.0 (57.5, 69.8) 69.0 (54.0, 74.0) 0.34
Onset to admission (days) 12.0 (7.0, 16.0) 12.0 (7.0, 17.8) 10.0 (7.0, 15.0) 0.23



Chronic diseases
Hypertension 34 (36.6) 20 (43.5) 14 (29.8) 0.17
Diabetes 18 (19.4) 12 (26.1) 6 (12.8) 0.10
Coronary disease 12 (12.9) 7 (15.2) 5 (10.6) 0.51
Chronic pulmonary disease 8 (8.6) 5 (10.9) 3 (6.4) 0.44
Chronic kidney disease 2 (2.2) 0 (0.0) 2 (4.3) 0.16
Malignant tumor 2 (2.2) 0 (0.0) 2 (4.3) 0.16



Symptoms
Fever 76 (81.7) 34 (73.9) 42 (89.4) 0.05
Cough 75 (80.6) 35 (76.1) 40 (85.1) 0.27
Dyspnea 60 (64.5) 28 (60.9) 32 (68.1) 0.47
Fatigue 40 (43.0) 14 (30.4) 26 (55.3) 0.02
Myalgia 20 (21.5) 9 (19.6) 11 (23.4) 0.65
Diarrhea 29 (31.2) 16 (34.8) 13 (27.7) 0.46
Chest distress/chest pain 43 (46.2) 21 (45.7) 22 (46.8) 0.91
Headache 14 (15.1) 6 (13.0) 8 (17.0) 0.59



Complications
ARDS 39 (41.9) 19 (41.3) 20 (42.6) 0.90
Acute kidney injury 28 (30.1) 17 (37.0) 11 (23.4) 0.15
Acute cardiac injury 31 (33.3) 19 (41.3) 12 (25.5) 0.11
Liver dysfunction 17 (18.3) 8 (17.4) 9 (19.1) 0.83

Data are expressed as the median (IQR) or n (%), p-values are from the Mann-Whitney U test, χ² test or Fisher’s exact test.

COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome.