Table 1.

Demographic, clinical, and laboratory findings of the patients

	Diarrhea (+)	Diarrhea (−)	p value
	(n = 78)	(n = 1,008)
Age	48.0±17.7	43.9±16.9	0.044
Gender (male)	45 (57.6%)	518 (51.3%)	0.535
Charlson Comorbidity Index	1.45±1.8	1.06±1.7	0.033
Hypertension	24 (30.7%)	170 (16.8%)	0.002
Cardiac disease	12 (15.3%)	73 (7.2%)	0.019
Diabetes mellitus	12 (15.3%)	113 (11.2%)	0.358
COPD	8 (10.2%)	91 (9%)	0.847
Duration of symptom, days	4.1±3.0	3.7±2.7	0.215
Fever	41 (52.5%)	373 (37%)	0.009
Cough	61 (78.2%)	593 (58.8%)	0.001
Sore throat	14 (17.9%)	153 (15.1%)	0.618
Myalgia	21 (26.9%)	168 (16.6%)	0.031
Fatigue	31 (39.7%)	208 (20.6%)	<0.001
Headache	10 (12.8%)	106 (10.5%)	0.652
Nausea/vomiting	53 (67.9%)	275 (27.2%)	<0.001
Loss of taste	7 (8.9%)	102 (10.1%)	0.918
Dyspnea	30 (38.4%)	260 (25.7%)	0.021
WBC	6,409±3,192	6,268±2,697	0.812
Lymphocyte count	1,635±784	1,714±764	0.370
Platelet count	183,500±49,784	190,820±66,304	0.873
CRP	28.3±45.2	20.4±35.2	0.037
AST	47.8±28.0	64.6±227.3	0.062
ALT	45.1±36.6	53.0±133.4	0.514
LDH	284.7±94.7	281.0±123.7	0.429
D-dimer	1,009±1,313	1,053±1,431	0.816
Ferritin	466.6±576.5	342.2±498.6	0.242
Day(s) of hospitalization	12.4±4.8	10.9±6.3	0.567
Mortality	2 (2.56%)	36 (3.57%)	0.886