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. 2020 Nov 19;8:593256. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.593256

Table 2.

Reported signs and symptoms in patients with COVID-19 by age group.

Signs and symptoms Total patients Age, years P-value
<20 (%) 20–39 (%) 40–59 (%) >60 (%)
Fever 324 (70.74) 9 (75) 196 (72.1) 101 (72.14) 18 (52.94) 0.128
Dry cough 277 (60.5) 8 (66.7) 168 (61.8) 86 (61.43) 15 (44.12) 0.236
Dyspnea 128 (27.9) 2 (16.7) 69 (25.4) 48 (34.3) 9 (26. 5) 0.213
Sore throat 62 (13.54) 1 (8.33) 39 (14.34) 15 (10.7) 7 (20.6) 0.419
Diarrhea 44 (9.61) 1 (8.33) 26 (9.56) 14 (10) 3 (8.82) 0.995
Fatigue 29 (6.33) 1 (8.33) 20 (7.4) 6 (4.3) 2 (5.9) 0.668
Vomiting 23 (5.02) 0 (00.00) 17 (6.3) 4 (2.9) 2 (5.9) 0.403
Runny nose 17 (3.71) 0 (00.00) 8 (2.9) 7 (5) 2 (5.9) 0.569
Chest pain 14 (3.06) 1 (8.33) 6 (2.21) 3 (2.14) 4 (11.8) 0.012
Abdominal pain 11 (2.4) 1 (8.33) 7 (2.6) 2 (1.43) 1 (2.94) 0.485
Myalgia 7 (1.53) 0 (00.00) 5 (1.8) 2 (1.43) 0 (00.00) 0.826
Nausea 7 (1.53) 0 (00.00) 6 (2.2) 1 (0.71) 0 (00.00) 0.539
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg <0.001
<100 15 (3.6) 0 (00.00) 0 (00.00) 13 (12.8) 2 (6.3)
100–119 171 (41.01) 6 (54.6) 116 (42.7) 38 (37.3) 11 (34.4)
120–140 180 (43.17) 3 (27.3) 135 (49.6) 25 (24.5) 17 (53.13)
>140 51 (12.23) 2 (18.2) 21 (7.72) 26 (25.5) 2 (6.3)
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg 122.74–15.63 127.81–14.94 123.09–14.89 121.45–15.66 123.67–21.43 0.0521
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg 0.046
<80 86 (20.6) 3 (27.3) 58 (21.32) 19 (18.63) 6 (18.8)
80–89 34 (8.2) 1 (9.1) 25 (9.19) 8 (7.84) 0 (00.00)
90–100 291 (69.8) 7 (63.64) 189 (69.5) 70 (68.63) 25 (78.13)
>100 6 (1.44) 0 (00.00) 0 (00.00) 5 (4.9) 1 (3.13)
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg 75.87–10.44 79.27–8.85 75.72–10.35 76.69–10.47 71.92–11.04 0.1105
Body temperature, °C, Median (IQR) 37 (36.7–37.7) 36.8 (36.6–37.2) 36.9 (36.7–37.7) 37.2 (36.8–37.8) 36.9 (36.7–37.3) 0.1444
Heart rate, beats per minute, Median (IQR) 86 (78–99) 92 (84–101) 84 (77–99) 90 (82–99) 82 (64–96) 0.1534
Respiratory rate, breaths per minute, Median (IQR) 20 (18–20) 19 (19–20) 20 (19–20) 19 (18–20) 20 (19–20) 0.0054