Table-I.
Comparative analysis of X-ray and CT severity findings with demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients.
| Severe/critical findings on X-ray (n=533) | Severe/critical findings on CT (n=97) | Severe/critical findings on both X-ray & CT (n=34) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Yes (n=304) | No (n=229) | p-value | Yes (n=30) | No (n=67) | p-value | Yes (n=18) | No (n=16) | p-value | |
| Age, years | 55.01 ±13.05 | 54.28 ±14.48 | 0.543€ | 58.33 ±10.14 | 54.72 ±13.96 | 0.205€ | |||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 211 (69.4) | 157 (68.6) | 0.834¥ | 21 (70) | 48 (71.6) | 0.869¥* | 12 (66.7) | 11 (68.8) | 0.897 |
| Female | 93 (30.6) | 72 (31.4) | 9 (30) | 19 (28.4) | 6 (33.3) | 5 (31.3) | |||
| The onset of symptoms, days | 4.21 ±1.33 | 4.07 ±1.26 | 0.217€ | 3.30 ±1.77 | 2.40 ±1.06 | 0.003€ | |||
| Symptoms | |||||||||
| Fever | 211 (69) | 175 (76.4) | 0.031¥ | 21 (70) | 52 (77.6) | 0.422¥ | 16 (88.9) | 14 (87.5) | 0.900 |
| Shortness of breath | 254 (83.6) | 141 (61.6) | <0.001¥* | 23 (76.7) | 53 (79.1) | 0.788¥* | 16 (88.9) | 13 (81.3) | 0.530 |
| Cough | 287 (94.4) | 213 (93) | 0.508¥ | 22 (73.3) | 54 (80.6) | 0.422¥ | 17 (94.4) | 15 (93.8) | 0.932 |
| Sputum | 20 (6.6) | 8 (3.5) | 0.114¥ | 13 (43.3) | 42 (62.7) | 0.075¥ | 3 (16.7) | 4 (25) | 0.549 |
| Diarrhea | 12 (3.9) | 16 (7) | 0.119¥ | 1 (3.3) | 2 (3) | 0.927¥ | 1 (5.6) | 0 (0) | 0.339 |
| Chest Pain | 246 (80.9) | 159 (69.4) | 0.002¥* | 19 (63.3) | 37 (55.2) | 0.455¥ | 14 (77.8) | 16 (100) | 0.045 |
| Body Pain | 238 (78.3) | 164 (71.6) | 0.076¥ | 15 (50) | 16 (23.9) | 0.011¥ | 14 (77.8) | 14 (87.5) | 0.458 |
| Comorbidity | |||||||||
| HTN | 15 (4.9) | 19 (8.3) | 0.116¥ | 6 (20) | 12 (17.9) | 0.807¥ | 2 (11.1) | 1 (6.3) | 0.618 |
| Diabetes | 5 (1.6) | 10 (4.4) | 0.060¥ | 2 (6.7) | 12 (17.9) | 0.145¥ | 0 (0) | 2 (12.5) | 0.122 |
| COPD | 5 (1.6) | 6 (2.6) | 0.433¥ | 1 (3.3) | 4 (6) | 0.587¥ | 18 (100) | 16 (100) | - |
| Travel History | 15 (4.9) | 12 (5.2) | 0.873¥ | 4 (13.3) | 5 (7.5) | 0.042¥* | 2 (11.1) | 1 (6.3) | 0.618 |
| Contact History | 66 (21.7) | 41 (17.9) | 0.277¥ | 15 (50) | 43 (64.2) | 0.188¥ | 5 (27.8) | 4 (25) | 0.855 |
€
Independent t-test applied,
¥
Chi-square/Fisher-Exact test applied,
*
p-value ≤0.05