Table 2.

Symptoms, laboratory and chest CT results of patients with fecal positive and negative SARS-CoV-2 RNA tests on admission.

Parameters	Patients with positive fecal tests (n = 20)	Patients with negative fecal tests (n = 49)	P value
Symptoms
Fever	10 (50.00 %)	37 (75.51 %)	0.039
Dry cough	9 (45.00 %)	20 (40.82 %)	0.749
Cough with sputum	6 (30.00 %)	21 (42.86 %)	0.321
Muscle ache	2 (10.00 %)	13 (26.53 %)	0.235
Sore throat	4 (20.00 %)	5 (10.20 %)	0.483
Breathlessness	0	6 (12.24 %)	0.243
Chest tightness	5 (25.00 %)	8 (16.33 %)	0.619
Fatigue	4 (20.00 %)	13 (26.53 %)	0.568
Headache	2 (10.00 %)	6 (12.24 %)	1
Nausea and vomiting	1 (5.00 %)	7 (14.29 %)	0.497
Diarrhea	5 (25.00 %)	7 (14.29 %)	0.474
Laboratory results
CRP, 0∼8 mg/L	2.935 (0.90–8.77)	13.9 (4.29–43.03)	0.001
>8	6 (30 %)	32 (65.31 %)	0.007
Leukocyte counts4 −10 × 10^9/L	4.925 (3.9–5.62)	4.89 (4.35–5.95)	0.579
>10	0	2 (4.08 %)	0.9
Neutrophil counts 1.8-6.3 × 10^9/L	2.85 (2.055–3.48)	3.13 (2.50–4.11)	0.203
>6.3	1 (5 %)	3 (6.12 %)	1
Lymphocyte counts 1.1–3.2 × 10^9/L	1.50 (1.18–1.70)	1.34 (1.01–1.44)	0.12
<1.1	3 (15 %)	17 (34.69 %)	0.102
ALT, 0–69 IU/L	33.5 (24.5–51.5)	29 (21.0–38.0)	0.309
>69	0	5 (10.20 %)	0.331
ALB, 35−55 g/L	39.45 (38.425–41.35)	38.5 (35.1–39.9)	0.071
<35	1 (5 %)	10 (20.41 %)	0.221
FIB, 2.00–4.00 g/L	4.02 (3.505–4.85)	5.15 (3.56–5.905)	<0.001
>4	10 (50 %)	45 (91.84 %)	<0.001
D-dimer, 0-0.5 μg/L	0.33 (0.22-0.5225)	0.43 (0.32-0.69)	0.136
>0.5	5 (25 %)	22 (44.90)	0.124
Chest CT
Unilateral	4 (20 %)	6 (12.24 %)	0.169
Bilateral lung nvolvement	15 (75 %)	42 (85.71)
No abnormal density shadow	1 (5 %)	1 (2.04 %)

Data are presented as interquartile ranges (IQRs), numbers and percentages.

CRP, C-reactive protein; ALT, alanine transaminase; ALB, albumin; FIB, Fibrinogen.