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. 2020 Nov 1;183(5):866–874. doi: 10.1111/bjd.19377

Table 2.

Comparisons between patients positive on RT‐PCR and/or serology and negative on RT‐PCR and/or serology for SARS‐Cov‐2 infection

Characteristics Positive RT‐PCR and/or serology (n =150 tested) Negative RT‐PCR and/or serology (n = 150 tested) P‐valuesa
Total 10 (7) 140 (93)
Sex (female) 7 (78) 78 (56) 0.3
Age, years, median (IQR) 34 (26–38) 27 (20–39) 0.3
History
Connective tissue diseases 0 2 (1) 1
Chilblains 1 (10) 20 (14) 1
Raynaud syndrome 2 (20) 13 (9) 0.3
Extracutaneous clinical manifestations
Fever 2 (20) 19 (14) 0.6
Cough 2 (20) 28 (20) 1
Dyspnoea 3 (30) 18 (13) 0.1
Asthaenia 5 (50) 41 (29) 0.2
Myalgia 3 (30) 15 (11) 0.1
Headache 7 (70) 41 (29) 0.013
Odynophagia 3 (30) 18 (13) 0.15
Anosmia/ageusia 5 (50) 8 (6) 0.001
Fever and/or cough and/or dyspnoea and/or anosmia/ageusia 7 (70) 42 (30)
Asthaenia and/or myalgia and/or headache and/or odynophagia 0 28 (20)
None 3 (30) 70 (50) 0.048
Acral lesion characteristics
Typical chilblains 5/8 (63) 95/116 (81) 0.2

RT‐PCR, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; IQR, interquartile range.

a  P‐values from χ2‐test or Fisher’s exact test for categorial variables or Mann–Whitney U‐test for continuous variables. Data are presented as n (%) unless otherwise indicated.