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. 2021 Apr 27;290(2):444–450. doi: 10.1111/joim.13284

Table 2.

The comparison between severe and critical illness, between men and women, and between different age groups

Characteristics Severe Critical p value Male Female p value ≤65 years >65 years p value
Cough 84 (11.6) 15 (20.5) 0.023 57 (14.1) 42 (10.7) 0.147 59 (12.3) 40 (12.6) 0.900
Throat itching 11 (1.5) 0 0.612 3 (0.7) 8 (2.0) 0.117 6 (1.3) 5 (1.6) 0.761
Shortness of breath 143 (19.8) 19 (26.0) 0.206 72 (17.8) 90 (23.0) 0.072 101 (21.1) 61 (19.2) 0.527
Chest pains 70 (9.7) 9 (12.3) 0.471 36 (8.9) 43 (11.0) 0.331 55 (11.5) 24 (7.6) 0.071
Digestive symptoms 76 (10.5) 11 (15.1) 0.234 36 (8.9) 51 (13.0) 0.064 50 (10.4) 37 (11.7) 0.585
Dizziness/headache 15 (2.1) 0 0.384 4 (1.0) 11 (2.8) 0.06 9 (1.9) 6 (1.9) 0.989
Muscle joint pain 95 (13.1) 15 (20.5) 0.080 47 (11.6) 63 (16.1) 0.07 74 (15.4) 36 (11.4) 0.101
Backache 15 (2.1) 1 (1.4) 0.999 9 (2.2) 7 (1.8) 0.657 10 (2.1) 6 (1.9) 0.848
Fatigue 183 (25.3) 18 (24.7) 0.902 86 (21.3) 115 (29.3) 0.009 125 (26.1) 76 (24.0) 0.500
Sleep disorder 172 (23.8) 13 (17.8) 0.249 78 (19.3) 107 (27.3) 0.008 111 (23.2) 74 (23.3) 0.956
Hypomnesis 58 (8.0) 11 (15.1) 0.041 32 (7.9) 37 (9.4) 0.447 47 (9.8) 22 (6.9) 0.159
Hair loss 4 (0.6) 0 0.999 2 (0.5) 2 (0.5) 0.999 4 (0.8) 0 0.155
Sweat 9 (1.2) 0 0.999 3 (0.7) 6 (1.5) 0.334 5 (1.0) 4 (1.3) 0.747
Psychological 8 (1.1) 0 0.999 1 (0.2) 7 (1.8) 0.036 7 (1.5) 1 (0.3) 0.155
New hypertension 3 (0.4) 0 0.999 1 (0.2) 2 (0.5) 0.619 0 3 (0.9) 0.063

The significant p values are in bold.