TABLE 1.
Prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms among 147 patients hospitalized for COVID‐19 after a median 106 days of follow‐up
| Gastrointestinal symptoms at most recent follow‐up appointment | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constipation | Diarrhea | Abdominal pain | Nausea or vomiting | Any symptoms | |
| Sex | |||||
| Female (n = 72) | 4 | 4 | 10* | 3 | 15 (21%) |
| Male (n = 75) | 6 | 2 | 1* | 3 | 9 (12%) |
| Age | |||||
| 18–44 (n = 24) | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 (21%) |
| 45–59 (n = 36) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 (25%) |
| 60–69 (n = 34) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 (8.8%) |
| ≥70 (n = 53) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 (13%) |
| Race | |||||
| White (n = 37) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 (14%) |
| Black (n = 27) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (7.4%) |
| Asian (n = 3) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (67%) |
| Other/decline (n = 80) | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 (19%) |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Hispanic (n = 83) | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 (18%) |
| Non‐Hispanic (n = 38) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 (13%) |
| Unknown/decline (n = 26) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 (15%) |
| Depression | |||||
| No (n = 115) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 (13%)* |
| Yes (n = 32) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 (28%)* |
| Anxiety | |||||
| No (n = 120) | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 (16%) |
| Yes (n = 27) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 (19%) |
| Fibromyalgia | |||||
| No (n = 128) | 9 | 5 | 7* | 6 | 19 (15%) |
| Yes (n = 19) | 1 | 1 | 4* | 0 | 5 (26%) |
*
p < 0.05.