Table 3.
Symptoms and Initial Physical Examination Findings for Patients with SARS-CoV-2 in association with Mortality (N = 249).
| Characteristics | Mortality |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (f, %), Mean (SD) | No (f, %), Mean (SD) | ||
| No | 66 (26.5) | 183(73.5) | |
| Age (mean SD) years | 52.40(18.51) | 40.39(14.97) | 0.001* |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 42 (63.6) | 129(70.5) | 0.303 |
| Female | 24(36.4) | 54(29.5) | |
| Admission criteria | |||
| Temperature | |||
| Febrile | 22(33.3) | 90(49.2) | 0.003* |
| Afebrile | 44(66.7) | 93(50.2) | |
| Respiratory rate, (/mints) | 24.78(4.99) | 19.87(3.01) | 0.001* |
| Heart rate, b/mints | 108.29(21.90) | 92.53(15.40) | 0.001* |
| Blood pressure (mmHg) | |||
| Systolic (SBP) | 131.07(32.18 | 124.62(15.94) | 0.041* |
| Diastolic (DBP) | ) 81.39(20.84) | 77.48(10.89) | 0.062 |
| Smoking status | |||
| Former/Current | 17(29.3) | 41(70.7) | 0.020* |
| History of travel | 16(27.6) | 42(72.4) | 0.181 |
| Comorbidity^ | 39(76.2) | 19(32.8) | 0.001* |
| CKD | 08(13.8) | 50(86.2) | 0.001* |
| CAD | 06(10.3) | 52(89.7) | 0.295 |
| HTN | 22(37.9) | 36(62.1) | 0.001* |
| DM | 22(37.9) | 36(62.1) | 0.001* |
| COPD | 15(25.9) | 43(74.1) | 0.001* |
| Immunodeficiency# | 06(10.3) | 52(89.7) | 0.291 |
| Signs-symptoms | |||
| Fever | 32(55.2) | 26(44.8) | 0.002* |
| Cough | 22(37.9) | 36(62.1) | 0.009* |
| Abnormal cardiac rhythm # | 02(3.4) | 56(96.6) | 0.666 |
| Dyspnea | 43(74.1) | 15(25.9) | 0.001* |
| Sore throat | 01((1.7) | 57(98.3) | 0.009* |
| Myalgia# | 02(3.4) | 56(96.6) | 1.000 |
| Headache# | 01((1.7) | 57(98.3) | 1.000 |
| Productive cough# | 07(12.1) | 51(87.9) | 0.095 |
| Nausea & vomiting# | 02(3.4) | 56(96.6) | 0.592 |
| Diarrhoea# | 02(3.4) | 56(96.6) | 0.259 |
| Unconsciousness# | 06(10.3) | 52(89.7) | 0.001* |
| SpO2 | 89.21(9.08) | 95.38(4.66) | 0.001* |
^Comorbidity (yes); CKD-Chronic kidney disease; CAD-Coronary artery disease, COPD- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; LAP- Lymphadenopathy; HTN- Hypertension; DM- Diabetes mellitus; Independent t-test for continuous data and Chi-square and/or (#) Fisher exact test for categorical variables; SD- Standard deviation; *- Significant @ P < 0.05.