Table 3.
Clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19
| Characteristics | All patients N=300 |
GI group N=104 |
Non-GI group N=196 |
P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptoms, n (%) | |||||||
| Fever | 240 | (80.0) | 92 | (88.5) | 148 | (75.5) | 0.008* |
| Anosmia | 19 | (6.3) | 13 | (12.5) | 6 | (3.1) | 0.001* |
| Cough | 206 | (68.7) | 76 | (73.1) | 130 | (66.3) | 0.23 |
| Dyspnea | 195 | (65.0) | 71 | (68.3) | 124 | (63.3) | 0.39 |
| Chest pain | 5 | (1.7) | 1 | (1.0) | 4 | (2.0) | 0.49 |
| Runny nose | 5 | (1.7) | 3 | (.9) | 2 | (1.0) | 0.23 |
| Sore throat | 32 | (10.7) | 11 | (10.6) | 21 | (10.7) | 0.97 |
| Bony aches, myalgia | 132 | (44.0) | 56 | (53.8) | 76 | (38.8) | 0.01* |
| Low back pain | 2 | (0.7) | 2 | (0.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 0.05 |
| Headache | 19 | (6.3) | 10 | (9.6) | 9 | (4.6) | 0.09 |
| Lethargy, fatigue & malaise | 21 | (7.0) | 7 | (6.7) | 14 | (7.1) | 0.89 |
| Dryness of mouth | 2 | (0.7) | 2 | (1.9) | 0 | (0.0) | 0.05 |
| Metallic taste | 1 | (0.3) | 1 | (1.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0.17 |
| Hoarseness of voice | 1 | (0.3) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.3) | 0.47 |
| Gastrointestinal symptoms, n (%) | |||||||
| Diarrhea | 86 | (28.7) | 86 | (82.7) | |||
| Abdominal pain | 15 | (5) | 15 | (14.4) | |||
| Nausea | 16 | (5.3) | 16 | (15.4) | |||
| Vomiting | 18 | (6) | 18 | (17.3) | |||
| Loss of appetite | 9 | (3) | 9 | (8.65) | |||
| Loss of taste | 13 | (4.3) | 13 | (12.5) | |||
*Significant