Table 2.

Association between days from illness onset to death and clinical–epidemiologic characteristics of 200 home deaths by COVID-19 (state of Ceará, Brazil, March 25, 2020–May 12, 2020).

	Days from illness to death
	Mean ± SD		P-value*
Age (years)	7.27 ± 5.18		0.508
Gender	Female	Male	P-value†
	7.17 ± 5.21	7.34 ± 5.18	0.8215
Race	White	Nonwhite	P-value†
	6.50 ± 4.18	7.53 ± 5.47	0.2261
Education level	Presence	Absence	P-value†
No formal education	6.75 ± 5.42	7.47 ± 5.09	0.3777
Elementary school	7.85 ± 5.46	6.60 ± 4.79	0.0894
High school	6.86 ± 3.82	7.34 ± 5.39	0.6479
Occupation	Presence	Absence	P-value†
Housewives	7.49 ± 5.88	7.20 ± 4.96	0.7336
Farmers	5.17 ± 4.17	7.56 ± 5.25	0.0338‡
Marital status	Presence	Absence	P-value†
Single	7.57 ± 5.71	7.16 ± 4.99	0.6151
Married	7.67 ± 5.19	7.07 ± 5.19	0.4381
Widowed	6.59 ± 4.21	7.67 ± 5.61	0.1815
Symptoms	Presence	Absence	P-value†
Dyspnea	7.35 ± 5.34	6.95 ± 4.61	0.6562
Fever	6.94 ± 4.44	8.29 ± 6.97	0.1147
Cough	7.67 ± 5.42	6.37 ± 4.53	0.1003
Fatigue	7.06 ± 4.94	7.43 ± 5.37	0.6216
Runny nose	8.03 ± 5.59	7.14 ± 5.12	0.3830
Irritability and confusion	7.00 ± 4.85	7.32 ± 5.25	0.7579
Headache	8.46 ± 5.44	7.11 ± 5.14	0.2322
Odynophagia	8.23 ± 7.39	7.15 ± 4.86	0.3599
Diarrhea	6.47 ± 2.95	7.35 ± 5.36	0.4829
Myalgia	5.71 ± 3.06	7.42 ± 5.32	0.1941
Other symptoms	7.81 ± 6.09	7.22 ± 5.11	0.6636
Comorbidities	Presence	Absence	P-value†
Cardiovascular disease	7.34 ± 5.41	7.21 ± 5.02	0.8548
Neurological disease	6.32 ± 3.87	7.68 ± 5.62	0.0887
Diabetes mellitus	7.36 ± 5.67	7.23 ± 4.99	0.8729
Respiratory disease	7.44 ± 3.38	7.25 ± 5.34	0.8815
Chronic smoking	8.42 ± 5.26	7.06 ± 5.16	0.1799
Chronic alcoholism	8.48 ± 7.45	7.11 ± 4.82	0.2357
Some comorbidity	6.92 ± 4.98	9.31 ± 5.94	0.0215‡

^*Pearson’s linear correlation test.

^†Student’s t-test.

^‡Statistically significant.