Table 3.

Cardinal symptoms of patients with COVID-19 at hospital admission in overall population and by disease severity^a

	Patients	Mild	Moderate	Severe	P
Subjects, n	41	5	28	8	–
Fever	32 (78)	2 (40)	22 (78.6)	8 (100)	0.123
Cough	29 (70.7)	2 (40)	19 (67.9)	8 (100)	0.058
Sputum production	9 (29.3)	0	6 (21.4)	3 (37.5)	0.281
Chest tightness	9 (29.3)	1 (20)	6 (21.4)	3 (37.5)	0.628
Shortness of breath	8 (26.8)	0	5 (17.9)	3 (37.5)	0.233
Headache	4 (12.2)	0	4 (14.3)	0	0.357
Runny nose	6 (14.6)	1 (20)	4 (14.3)	1 (12.5)	0.929
Diarrhea	5 (12.2)	0	5 (17.9)	0	0.358
Sore throat	6 (14.6)	1 (20)	3 (10.7)	2 (25)	0.245
Nausea	2 (4.9)	0	2 (7.1)	0	0.614
Fatigue	3 (7.3)	0	3 (10.7)	0	0.472
Stuffy nose	3 (7.3)	1 (20)	2 (7.1)	0	0.403
Body pain	2 (4.9)	0	2 (7.1)	0	0.614
Joint pain	1 (2.4)	0	1 (3.6)	0	0.789

^a Reported as n (%), unless indicated otherwise. P values across the mild, moderate, and severe disease groups were derived by Fisher’s exact test