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. 2022 Jul 12;14(7):e26771. doi: 10.7759/cureus.26771

Table 1. Prevalence of symptoms in the three groups.

Symptoms are ordered as per the prevalence of appearance in the returned to ED, admitted group

ED: emergency department; SD: standard deviation

Symptoms Returned to ED and admitted (n=17) Returned to ED, not admitted (n=12) No return to ED (n=147) P-value
Cough 16 (94.1%) 9 (75.0%) 116 (78.9%) 0.30
Dyspnea 15 (88.2%) 9 (75.0%) 79 (53.7%) 0.01
Diarrhea 12 (77.6%) 2 (16.7%) 71 (48.3%) 0.02
Chills 13 (76.5%) 7 (58.3%) 64 (43.5%) 0.03
Headache 13 (76.5%) 6 (50.0%) 94 (63.9%) 0.34
Body aches 11 (64.7%) 8 (66.7%) 98 (66.7%) 0.99
Dys-/anosmia or dys-/ageusia 11 (64.7%) 5 (41.7%) 94 (63.9%) 0.30
Fever 9 (52.9%) 5 (41.7%) 39 (26.5%) 0.05
Sore throat 6 (35.3%) 4 (33.3%) 56 (38.1%) 0.93
Total number of symptoms, mean (SD) 6.2 (1.9) 4.6 (2.3) 4.8 (2.2) 0.04