Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of the study participants (N = 120).
| Parameters | Mild to moderate |
Severe |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control (n = 45) | Interventional (n = 45) | Control (n = 15) | Interventional (n = 15) | |
| Age (years)α | 50.92 (14.99) | 51.29 (15.27) | 55.93 (11.58) | 56.75 (9.71) |
| Maleβ | 31 (68.89) | 34 (75.56) | 13 (86.66) | 11 (73.33) |
| Co-existing diseases | ||||
| Hypertensionβ | 22 (48.88) | 9 (22) | 2 (13) | 3 (20) |
| Ischemic heart diseaseβ | 5 (11.11) | 3 (6.66) | 3 (20) | 1 (6.66) |
| Diabetesβ | 13 (28.88) | 10 (22.22) | 4 (26.66) | 4 (26.66) |
| Presenting symptoms | ||||
| Coughβ | 26(57.78) | 24 (54.55) | 6 (50) | 5 (35.71) |
| Breathlessnessβ | 18 (40) | 12(27.27) | 7 (58.33) | 11 (78.57) |
| Tastelessnessβ | 4 (8.89) | 4 (9.1) | 0 | 0 |
| Feverβ | 5 (11.11) | 7 (15.9) | 1 (8.33) | 0 |
rRTPCR – real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; α – represented in mean (SD); β – represented in n (%).