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. 2020 Nov 25;9:161. doi: 10.1186/s40249-020-00780-6

Table 1.

Baseline information of COVID-19 patients enrolled in this study

All enrolled patients (n = 70) Patients without pneumonia (n = 22) Patients with pneumonia (n = 48) P
Age, median (IQR)—years 45.00 (34.50–61.00) 34.50 (21.75–44.00) 51.00 (39.00–67.00)  < 0.001
Gender 0.314
 Male 38 (54.3) 14 (63.6) 24 (50.0)
 Female 32 (45.7) 8 (36.4) 24 (50.0)
BMI, median (IQR) 24.63 (22.33–26.50) 25.03 (21.40–27.46) 24.44 (22.34–26.34) 0.979
Exposure 0.002
 No explicit contact 13 (18.6) 0 13 (27.1)
 Wuhan-direct 33 (47.1) 16 (72.7) 17 (35.4)
 Wuhan-indirect 24 (34.3) 6 (27.3) 18 (37.5)
Underlying diseases
 Hypertension 17 (24.3) 1 (4.5) 16 (33.3) 0.009
 Diabetes 7 (10.0) 2 (9.1) 5 (10.4) 1.000
Main symptoms
 Fever 59 (84.3) 15 (68.2) 44 (91.7) 0.029
 Cough 36 (51.4) 7 (31.8) 29 (60.4) 0.026
 Sore throat 14 (20.0) 5 (22.7) 9 (18.8) 0.752
 Sputum production 16 (22.9) 3 (13.6) 13 (27.1) 0.214
 Diarrhea 5 (7.1) 0 5 (10.4) 0.173
 Fatigue 20 (28.6) 4 (18.2) 16 (33.3) 0.193
 Myalgia 13 (18.6) 4 (18.2) 9 (18.8) 1.000
 Headache 8 (11.4) 4 (18.2) 4 (8.3) 0.249
 Chest tightness 6 (8.6) 1 (4.5) 5 (10.4) 0.657
 Dyspnoea 10 (14.3) 1 (4.5) 9 (18.8) 0.154
 Dizziness 10 (14.3) 6 (27.3) 4 (8.3) 0.061
Fever duration, median (IQR), day 6.00 (2.25–8.75) 4.00 (2.00–6.00) 6.00 (3.00–10.00) 0.003
Systolic pressure, median (IQR), mmHg 125.00 (119.00–135.00) 125.00 (118.25–132.75) 125.00 (119.00–135.00) 0.191

Bold indicates the difference is statistically significant

Data are median (IQR), n (%), or n/N (%), where N is the total number of patients with available data. P values compare patients with and without pneumonia using χ2 test, Fisher’s exact test, or student t test

COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, IQR interquartile range, BMI body mass index