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. 2020 Sep 21;17(17):2653–2662. doi: 10.7150/ijms.51159

Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19

Characteristics All patients (n=73) Non-severe (n=47) Severe (n=26)
Age, year 51±13 49±12 55±15
Sex
Men 43 (59%) 32 (68%) 11 (42%)
Women 30 (41%) 15 (32%) 15 (58%)
Any comorbidity 41 (56%) 24 (51%) 17 (65%)
Diabetes 8 (11%) 4 (9%) 4 (15%)
Hypertension 21 (29%) 13 (28%) 8 (31%)
Cardiovascular disease 7 (10%) 5 (11%) 2 (8%)
COPD 3 (4%) 2 (4%) 1 (4%)
Tuberculosis 3 (4%) 3 (6%) 0
Fatty liver 13 (18%) 11 (23%) 2 (8%)
Hepatitis B 10 (14%) 6 (13%) 4 (15%)
Signs and symptoms
Fever 64 (86%) 41 (87%) 23 (88%)
Highest temperature, °C
<37.3 9 (12%) 6 (13%) 3 (12%)
37.3-38 13 (18%) 10 (21%) 3 (12%)
38.1-39 38 (52%) 23 (49%) 15 (58%)
>39 13 (18%) 8 (17%) 5 (19%)
Cough 45 (62%) 26 (55%) 19 (73%)
Chest tightness 41 (56%) 21 (54%) 20 (77%)
Diarrhea 13 (18%) 12 (26%) 1 (4%)
Anorexia 28 (38%) 27 (58%) 1 (4%)
Headache 5 (7%) 1 (2%) 4 (15%)
Myalgia and fatigue 27 (37%) 18 (38%) 9 (35%)
Time of hospitalization 24 (12) 21 (8) 32 (10)
Time from symptoms to image peak 11 (3) 12 (10) 11 (3)
Time from symptoms to PCR positive test 7 (7) 9 (7) 3 (4)
Time from symptoms to PCR negative test 33 (11) 29 (12) 37 (10)

Age is mean±SD; time of Hospitalization, time from symptoms to image peak, time from symptoms to PCR positive test, and time from symptoms to PCR negative test were presented as median (IQR); the remaining data were presented as n (n/N%), where N is the total number of patients with available data.