Table 3. Mean number and duration of symptoms in patients not requiring hospital admission (n=159) following discharge from the ED.

ED: emergency department; CVD: cardiovascular disease; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Variables	Age			Sex			CVD			COPD
	18-64 years	65 years and older		Female	Male		No	Yes		No	Yes
No. of symptoms	5.0	4.8		5.1	4.7		4.9	5.2		4.9	5.2
Duration of symptoms, days
Cough	12.5	15.2		12.9	12.9		12.6	15.3		13.1	12.1
Dyspnea	11.3	12.9		11.2	11.6		11.4	11.8		11.8	10.7
Diarrhea	9.4	8.3		9.9	9.0		9.0	10.9		8.9	10.2
Fever	7.1	5.7		6.7	7.3		6.8	7.8		6.9	7.0
Chills	7.5	6.3		7.8	6.4		7.1	7.8		6.9	8.3