Table 1.

Baseline characteristics (n = 143)

Age (years)	49.36 ± 15.32
Gender (n) %
Male	(124) 86.7%
Female	[19] 13.3%
Presenting symptom(s), %
Fever	84%
Cough	69%
Breathlessness	53%
Diarrhea	17%
Chest pain	15%
Sore throat	10%
Loss of appetite	8%
Muscle ache	8%
Fatigability	8%
Nausea and/or vomiting	5%
Headache	4%
Rhinorrhea	4%
Dysuria	1%
Altered mental status	0.6%
Comorbidities/risk factors, %
Hypertension	32.2%
Diabetes mellitus	36.4%
Dyslipidemia	7.7%
Coronary heart disease	4.2%
Cerebrovascular disease	2.1%
Chronic heart failure	3.5%
Chronic kidney disease	8.4%
Smoking	4.9%
Cancer	2%
BMI > 30	16%
Average hospitalization (days)	11.8 ± 8.7
Average duration of symptoms (days)	5.1 ± 3.3