Tab. II.
The prevalence of different symptoms among COVID-19 patients according to age groups.
| Symptom | Number of studies | Sample size | Pooled estimation | I2 (%) |
P | T2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 40 years of old | > 40 years of old | Total | ||||||
| Chest tightness | 14 | 1,967 | 8.1 (3.7-12.6) |
20.1 (9.6-30.6) |
17 (13.1-25.4) |
96.8 | < 0.001 | 0.01 |
| Cough | 54 | 6,380 | 53.5 (44.3-62.7) |
61.2 (56.3-66.1) |
58.5 (54.2-62.8) |
91.7 | < 0.001 | 0.02 |
| Diarrhea | 36 | 4,995 | 3.5 (2.1-4.9) |
8.6 (6.5-10.6) |
7.6 (5.9-9.2) |
83.9 | < 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Dyspnea | 27 | 3,388 | 8.8 (2.6-15) |
31.4 (24-38.7) |
26.1 (20.4-31.8) |
97.4 | < 0.001 | 0.02 |
| Fatigue | 22 | 3,803 | 30.5 (21.9-39.1) |
38.6 (29.9-47.2) |
38.5 (30.6-45.3) |
95.5 | < 0.001 | 0.02 |
| Fever | 53 | 5,298 | 78.1 (73.3-82.8) |
83 (79.1-86.9) |
81.2 (77.9-84.4) |
92.6 | < 0.001 | 0.01 |
| Hemoptysis | 9 | 1,998 | 1.9 (0-4.6) |
1.8 (0.008-2.9) |
1.7 (0.008-2.6) |
46.9 | < 0.001 | 0.05 |
| Headache | 34 | 5,129 | 9.2 (5.4-13.1) |
9.5 (7.1-12.0) |
9.5 (7.5-11.6) |
88.7 | < 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Myalgia | 37 | 4,676 | 19 (14-23.9) |
19.4 (14.9-24.0) |
20.1 (16.5-23.7) |
91.5 | < 0.001 | 0.009 |
| Shortness of breath | 13 | 1,828 | 17.3 (3.6-30.1) |
19.3 (11.2-27.5) |
18.5 (12-24.9) |
93.3 | < 0.001 | 0.01 |
| Sore throat | 29 | 3,906 | 15 (9.6-20.4) |
14.5 (10.9-18.2) |
15 (12.1-18.0) |
86 | < 0.001 | 0.004 |
| Sputum production | 28 | 3,677 | 21 (15.4-26.7) |
28 (22-34.1) |
25.8 (21.1-30.4) |
91 | < 0.001 | 0.01 |