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. 2020 Jul 22;81(6):e22–e24. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.07.018

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of All Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections.

Total (N = 82) Cancer patients (n = 67) (%) Caregivers (n = 15) (%) P Value Paired Cancer patients (n = 51) (%) Paired Caregivers (n = 51) (%) P Value
Age, median (IQR), y 58 58 56 0.490 58 (50–64) 53 (43–63) 0.063
Age, y 0.616 0.537
 ≤60 51 40 (59.7) 11 (73.3) 31 (60.8) 34 (66.7)
 >60 31 27 (40.3) 4 (26.7) 20 (39.2) 17 (33.3)
Sex 0.917 0.303
 Female 54 45 (67.2) 9 (60.0) 35 (68.6) 30 (58.8)
 Male 28 22 (32.8) 6 (40.0) 16 (31.4) 21 (41.2)
Clinical manifestations (in last 3 months)
 Fever 3 2 (3.0) 1 (6.7) 0.492 2 (3.9) 0 (0.0) 0.153
 Cough 1 1 (1.5) 0 (0.0) 0.634 1 (2.0) 0 (0.0) 0.315
 Chest pain 1 1 (1.5) 0 (0.0) 0.634 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1.000
Chronic diseases
 Hypertension 13 12 (17.9) 1 (6.7) 0.281 12 (23.5) 3 (5.9) 0.012
 Diabetes 4 3 (4.5) 1 (6.7) 0.722 4 (7.8) 1 (2.0) 0.169
 Cardiovascular disease 1 1 (1.5) 0 (0.0) 0.634 1 (2.0) 0 (0.0) 1.000
 COPD 2 2 (3.0) 0 (0.0) 0.488 2 (3.9) 0 (0.0) 0.153
 Chronic kidney disease 2 2 (3.0) 0 (0.0) 0.488 1 (2.0) 0 (0.0) 0.315
 Chronic liver disease 3 2 (3.0) 1 (6.7) 0.492 2 (3.9) 1 (2.0) 0.558
Leucocytes (× 10⁹ per L; normal range 4.0–10.0) 0.625 0.125
 Increased 2 1 (1.5) 1 (6.7) 2 (3.9) 0 (0.0)
 Decreased 3 3 (4.5) 0 (0.0) 2 (3.9) 0 (0.0)
Lymphocytes (× 10⁹ per L; normal range 1•1–3•2) 0.706 0.213
 Increased 1 1 (1.5) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.0) 0 (0.0)
 Decreased 2 2 (3.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (3.9) 0 (0.0)
Chest CT findings 0.371 0.012
 Suspicious 8 8 (11.9) 0 (0.0) 6 (11.8) 0 (0.0)
 Unsuspicious 74 59 (88.1) 15 (100.0) 45 (88.2) 51 (100.0)

Note: IQR: interquartile range; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; P<0.05 indicates that the difference was statistically significant.