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. 2022 Nov 15;5(11):e2242106. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.42106

Table 1. Clinical and COVID-19–Associated Onset Data on Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Patients.

Characteristic Patients, No. (%) P value
Hospitalized (n = 360) Nonhospitalized (n = 308)
Age, mean (SD), ya 60.7 (16.1) 56.7 (14.7) .03
Weight, mean (SD), kga 77.9 (16.9) 72.6 (12.6) <.001
Height, mean (SD), cm 165.6 (9.6) 164.7 (6.1) .17
Femalea 162 (45.0) 183 (59.4) .009
No. of preexisting comorbidities, mean (SD) 1.0 (1.0) 0.8 (1.0) .60
Obesity (preexisting) 28 (7.8) 31 (10.1) .32
Hypertension (preexisting) 120 (33.3) 76 (24.7) .54
Diabetes (preexisting)a 49 (13.6) 15 (4.9) .01
Asthma (preexisting) 31 (8.6) 18 (5.8) .17
COPD (preexisting) 15 (4.2) 7 (2.3) .18
Cardiac disease (preexisting) 43 (11.9) 34 (11.0) .73
Rheumatologic disease (preexisting) 5 (1.4) 13 (4.2) .97
No. of COVID-19 symptoms at hospital admission, mean (SD) 2.3 (0.9) 2.5 (1.0) .09
Fever (COVID-19 onset) 232 (64.4) 169 (54.9) .45
Dyspnea (COVID-19 onset)a 112 (31.1) 36 (11.7) <.001
Myalgias (COVID-19 onset) 113 (31.4) 94 (30.5) .81
Cough (COVID-19 onset) 97 (26.9) 69 (22.4) .17
Headache (COVID-19 onset) 85 (23.6) 87 (28.2) .17
Diarrhea (COVID-19 onset) 56 (15.6) 32 (10.4) .06
Anosmia (COVID-19 onset)a 36 (10.0) 66 (21.4) .003
Ageusia (COVID-19 onset) 26 (7.2) 30 (9.7) .24
Throat pain (COVID-19 onset) 21 (5.8) 34 (11.0) .58
Vomiting (COVID-19 onset) 11 (3.1) 9 (2.9) .92
Dizziness (COVID-19 onset) 23 (6.4) 12 (3.9) .15
Hospital, mean (SD), d 13.0 (13.2) NA NA
ICU admission 17 (4.7) NA NA

Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ICU, intensive care unit; NA, not applicable.

a

Significant at P < .05.