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Table 3. Gastrointestinal symptoms of patients with COVID-19 in the nine retrospective studies.

	Jin et al.⁽¹⁸⁾	Lin et al.⁽¹⁹⁾			Pan L et al.⁽²⁰⁾	Wan et al.⁽²¹⁾	Redd et al.⁽²²⁾	Nobel et al.⁽²³⁾	Cholankeril et al.⁽²⁴⁾	Zhang et al.⁽²⁵⁾	Zhou et al.⁽²⁶⁾
	Jin et al.⁽¹⁸⁾	Total	At admission	During hospitalization	Pan L et al.⁽²⁰⁾	Wan et al.⁽²¹⁾	Redd et al.⁽²²⁾	Nobel et al.⁽²³⁾	Cholankeril et al.⁽²⁴⁾	Zhang et al.⁽²⁵⁾	Total	With GI symptoms - medical team	With GI symptoms - GI non-medical
Patients	651	95			204	230	318	278	116	140	254	23	43
GIT symptoms	74/651 (11.4)	58/95 (61.1)	11/95 (11.6)	47/95 (49.5)	103/204 (50.5)	49/230 (21)	195/318 (61.3)	97/278 (35)	37 (31.9)	55/139 (39.6)	66/254 (26.0)	23/23 (100)	43/43 (100)
Diarrhea	53/651 (8.14)	23/95 (24.2)	5/95 (5.3)	18/95 (18.9)	35/103 (33.98)	49/230 (21)	107/318 (33.7)	56/278 (20)	12 (10.3)	18/139 (12.9)	46/254 (18.1)	19/23 (86.6)	27/43 (62.8)
N/V	N: 10/651 (1.53)	N: 17/95 (17.9)	N: 3/95 (3.2)	N: 14/95 (14.7)	V: 4/103 (3.88)		N: 84/318 (26.4)	63/278 (23)	12 (10.3)	N: 24/139 (17.3)	N: 21/254 (8.3)	N: 5/23 (21.7)	N: 16/43 (37.2)
	V: 11/651 (1.69)	V: 4/95 (4.2)	V: 0/95 (0)	V: 4/95 (4.2)			V: 49/318 (15.4)			V: 7/139 (5.0)	V: 15/254 (5.9)	V: 1/23 (4.3)	V: 14/43 (32.6)
Anorexia		17/95 (17.9)	5/95 (5.3)	12/95 (12.6)	81/103 (78.64)		110/318 (34.8)		22 (25.3)	17/139 (12.1)
Abdominal pain		2/95 (2.1)	0/95 (0)	2/95 (2.1)	2/103 (1.94)	3/230 (1)	46/318 (14.5)		10 (8.8)	8/139 (5.8)	3/254 (1.2)	0/23 (0)	3/43 (7.0)
Weight loss							30/318 (9.4)
Melena						10/230 (4)	2/318 (0.63)
Reflux		2/95 (2.1)	1/95 (1.1)	1/95 (1.1)			2/318 (0.63)
Dysphagia							1/318 (0.31)
Odynophagia							1/318 (0.31)
Hematochezia/UGIB		2/95 (2.1)	0/95 (0)	2/95 (2.1)			1/318 (0.31)
Constipation							3/318 (0.94)

Results expressed as n or n/n total (%).

GI: gastrointestinal; GIT: gastrointestinal tract; N: nausea; V: vomiting; UGIB: upper gastrointestinal bleeding.