Table 4.
Clinical parameters at clinic attendance by PCR status
| PCR +ve (n=307) |
PCR −ve (n=94) |
P value | |
| Time to clinic from discharge (days) Median (IQR) |
52 (35–61) | 56 (40–83) | 0.0011 |
| Time to clinic from illness onset (days) Median (IQR) |
71 (54–85) | 76 (56.75–94.25) | 0.0083 |
| Abnormal chest radiograph | 137/306 (44.8%) | 39/93 (41.9%) | NS |
| Symptoms | 236/307 (76.9%) | 67/94 (71.3%) | NS |
| CRP Patients>ULN |
68/305 (22.3%) | 12/94 (12.8%) | NS |
| Ferritin Patients>ULN |
50/303 (16.5%) | 15/93 (16.1%) | NS |
| D-dimer Patients>ULN |
113/302 (37.4%) | 23/92 (25%) | 0.03 |
| Healthcare utilisation | 59/307 (19.2%) | 23/94 (24.5%) | NS |