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. 2022 Apr;43(4):378–385. doi: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.4.20210904

Table 1.

- Comparisons of the clinical symptoms among the trimester groups.

Symptoms First trimester Second trimester Third trimester P-value
  n Row (%) Column (%) n Row (%) Column, (%) n Row (%) Column (%)
Outpatient follow-up   22 23.2 75.9 32 33.7 64.00 41 43.2 42.7 0.002
Hospitalization   7 8.6 24.1 18 22.5 36.0 55 68.8 57.3 0.002
Fever 15 16.8 51.7 28 31.1 56.0 47 52.2 49.0 0.721
+ 14 16.5 48.3 22 25.9 44.0 49 57.7 51.0
Cough 12 21.4 41.4 21 37.5 42.0 23 41.1 24.0 0.042
+ 17 14.3 58.6 29 24.4 58.0 73 61.3 76.0
Shortness of breath 16 17.8 55.2 33 36.7 66.0 41 45.6 42.7 0.026
+ 13 15.3 44.8 17 20.0 34.0 55 64.7 57.3
Headache 17 14.5 58.6 30 25.6 60.0 70 59.8 72.9 0.187
+ 12 20.7 41.4 20 34.7 40.0 26 44.8 27.1
Loss of smell and taste 28 17.4 96.6 45 27.9 90.0 88 54.7 91.7 0.640*
+ 1 7.1 3.5 5 35.7 10.0 8 57.1 8.3
Diarrhea 26 16.5 89.7 44 27.9 88.0 88 55.7 91.7 0.731*
+ 3 17.7 10.3 6 35.3 12.0 8 47.1 8.3
Myalgia 15 12.6 51.7 38 31.9 76.0 66 55.5 68.8 0.081
+ 14 25.0 48.3 12 21.4 24.0 30 53.6 31.3
Intensive care unit admission 29 17.3 100.0 47 28.0 94.0 92 54.8 95.8 0.432*
+ 0 0.0 0.0 3 42.9 6.0 4 57.1 4.2
Severe illness 29 17.6 100.0 46 27.9 92.0 90 54.5 93.8 0.369*
+ 0 0.0 0.0 4 40.0 8.0 6 60.0 6.3

*Indicates p-values obtained from Fisher’s exact test. Bold values denote statistical significance at the p<0.05 level.