Table 2.
Dyspnea, LDCT scan severity scores, and oxygen saturation in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia (n = 1,712).
| No dyspneaa (n = 1107, 65%) |
Dyspneaa (n = 605, 35%) |
Odds ratio 95% confidence interval | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | (Dyspnea vs no dyspnea) | |
| LDCT scanner severity score | |||||
| Normal | 350 | 31.6 | 162 | 26.8 | 0.79 0.64−0.99 |
| Pneumonia | 757 | 68.4 | 443 | 73.2 | 1.27 1.01−1.56 |
| Limited grade 1 | 525 | 47.4 | 248 | 41.0 | 0.77 0.63−0.94 |
| Medium grade 2 | 194 | 17.5 | 152 | 25.1 | 1.58 1.24−2.01 |
| Severe grade 3 | 38 | 3.4 | 43 | 7.1 | 2.15 1.38−3.37 |
| O2 Sat | |||||
| Lower equal 95 | 157 | 14.2 | 121 | 20.0 | 1.51 1.17−1.96 |
| Lower equal 94 | 84 | 7.6 | 72 | 11.9 | 1.65 1.18−2.29 |
| Lower equal 93 | 48 | 4.3 | 44 | 7.3 | 1.73 1.14−2.64 |
| Lower equal 92 | 26 | 2.3 | 30 | 5.0 | 2.17 1.27−3.70 |
| Lower equal 91 | 12 | 1.1 | 19 | 3.1 | 2.96 1.43−6.14 |
| Lower equal 90 | 6 | 0.5 | 15 | 2.5 | 4.67 1.80−12.09 |
a
Dyspnea available within 48 h of admission and LDCT available within 72 h after admission.