Table 3.

Ocular signs and symptoms

Variable	COVID-19 patients	Controls	p value
	n = 16	n = 32
Ocular symptoms
Irritationa	5 (31.3)	4 (12.5)	0.121
Foreign body sensationa	5 (31.3)	1 (3.1)	0.005
Dischargea	1 (6.3)	0 (0)	0.153
Red eyea	4 (25)	0 (0)	0.003
Prior conjunctivitis b	5 (31.3)	0 (0)	0.001
Ocular examination findings
Conjunctival injection ≥ + 2c	3 (19)	0 (0)	0.034
Discharge ≥ + 1c	1 (6.2)	0 (0)	0.153
Eyelid erythema ≥ + 1c	1 (6.2)	0 (0)	0.153

Ocular signs and symptoms of consecutive patients with confirmed COVID-19 and patients not suspected of having COVID-19 admitted to Shamir medical center during March and April 2020. Values are presented as mean (standard deviation) for continuous variable and as number (percent) for categorical variables. COVID-19, Coronavirus disease 2019

^aAs reported by the patient on a scale of 0–10

^bAny redness or discharge in the 30 days prior to admission

^cAs assessed by the examining ophthalmologist between 0 and 4