Table 2.
Prespecified COVID-19 symptoms, complications and risk factors
| COVID-19-related symptoms | COVID-19-related complications | Known risk factors for disease progression |
| Fever | Viral pneumonia | Age |
| Cough | Bacterial pneumonia | Number of symptoms |
| Sore throat | ARDS | Number of comorbidities |
| Runny nose | Cardiac complications | History of malignancy |
| Myalgia | Bacteraemia | C-reactive protein (CRP) |
| Arthralgia | DIC | Neutrophilia |
| Fatigue | Liver dysfunction | Lymphopenia |
| Chest pain | Stroke/CVA | Neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio |
| Shortness of breath | Seizure | Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) |
| Headache | Acute kidney injury | Direct bilirubin |
| GIT symptoms (eg, diarrhoea) | Hyperglycaemia | D-dimer |
| Loss of smell | Pulmonary embolism | CT scan abnormalities |
| Loss of taste | Deep venous thrombosis | CXR abnormalities |
ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; CXR, chest X-ray; DIC, disseminated intravascular coagulation; GIT, gastrointestinal tract.