Table 2.

The differences in co-morbidities among COVID-19 PCR positive patients (cases group) and COVID-19 PCR negative (control group) (N = 142).

Medical Hx	Positive COVID-19 PCR (cases group) N = 77 (%)	Negative COVID-19 PCR (control group) N = 65 (%)	P -Value
Respiratory diseases	2 (2.6%)	10 (15.4%)	0.001*
Malignancy	2 (2.6%)	6 (9.2 %)
DM	8 (10.4%)	3 (4.6%)
HTN	12 (15.6%)	3 (4.6%)
Other chronic diseases	10 (13%)	18 (27.7%)
>2 chronic diseases	43 (55.8%)	25 (38.5%)

>2 chronic diseases may include one or more of the following: Hypertension (HTN), Diabetes Mellitus (DM), respiratory or malignant illness.

^*P<0.05 for chi-square were considered statistically significant, N = number of patients.