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. 2021 Jul 16;100(28):e26503. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000026503

Table 2.

Symptomatic and radiological characteristics of patients with COVID-19.

All patients Diseases severity
Severe Critical (cases recovered) Critical (Death)
(n = 205) (n = 145) (n = 29) (n = 31) χ2 value P value
Signs and symptoms- n (%) 1.168 .883
1 10 (4.9) 6 (4.1) 2 (6.9) 2 (6.5)
 Fever 5 (2.4) 2 (1.4) 1 (3.4) 2 (6.5)
 Cough 3 (1.5) 3 (2.1) 0 0
 Chest tightness/dyspnea 2 (1.0) 1 (0.7) 1 (3.4) 0
2 40 (19.5) 27 (18.6) 7 (24.1) 6 (19.4)
 Fever+Fatigue 4 (2.0) 2 (1.4) 1 (3.4) 1 (3.2)
 Fever+Cough 7 (3.4) 6 (4.1) 0 1 (3.2)
 Fever+Chest tightness/dyspnea 5 (2.4) 4 (2.8) 0 1 (3.2)
 Fever+Muscle aches 1 (0.5) 1 (0.7) 0 0
 Cough+Chest tightness/dyspnea 14 (6.8) 10 (6.9) 3 (10.3) 1 (3.2)
 Chest tightness/dyspnea+Fatigue 3 (1.5) 1 (0.7) 1 (3.4) 1 (3.2)
 Other 6 (2.9) 3 (2.1) 2 (6.9) 1 (3.2)
≥3 155 (75.6) 112 (77.3) 20 (69.0) 23 (74.1)
 Fever+Cough+Fatigue 5 (2.4) 3 (2.1) 1 (3.4) 1 (3.2)
 Fever+Cough+Chest tightness/dyspnea 22 (10.7) 13 (9.0) 4 (13.8) 5 (16.1)
 Fever+Cough+Chest tightness/dyspnea+Fatigue 17 (8.3) 10 (6.9) 4 (13.8) 3 (9.7)
 Fever+Chest tightness/dyspnea+Fatigue 6 (2.9) 4 (2.8) 1 (3.4) 1 (3.2)
 Fever+Cough+Fatigue+Muscle aches 9 (4.4) 7 (4.8) 1 (3.4) 1 (3.2)
Cough+Chest tightness/dyspnea+Fatigue 7 (3.4) 4 (2.8) 1 (3.4) 2 (6.5)
 Fever+Cough+Chest tightness/dyspnea+Fatigue+Muscle aches 48 (23.4) 38 (26.2) 4 (13.8) 6 (19.4)
 Other 41 (20.0) 33 (22.8) 4 (13.8) 4 (1.9)
Chest CT images- n (%) 27.802 <.001
 Multiple patchy shadows of both lungs 61 (29.8) 29 (20.0) 14 (48.3) 18 (58.1)
 Multiple ground glass of both lungs 127 (62.0) 103 (71.0) 15 (51.7) 9 (29.0)
 Multiple Consolidation of both lungs 11 (5.4) 8 (0.6) 0 3 (9.7)
Other 6 (2.8) 5 (8.4) 0 1 (3.2)

COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; denoted the comparison between severe and critical cases. COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019.0,1,2, ≥3: the number of symptoms.