Table 2 Differences in patients’ clinical symptoms and imaging findings
Group | All patients (n = 67) | Group A (n = 49) | Group B (n = 18) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | ||||
Clinical symptoms at admission | ||||
Fever | 61 (91.0%) | 43 (87.8%) | 18 (100%) | 0.123 |
T ≤ 38.5 °C | 42 (62.7%) | 34 (69.4%) | 8 (44.4%) | 0.017 |
T>38.5 °C | 19 (28.4%) | 9 (18.4%) | 10 (55.6%) | |
Fever duration (days) | 5.0 (2.0,9.0) | 4.0 (1.0,9.0) | 7.5 (4.0,10.5) | 0.031 |
Cough | 51 (76.1%) | 35 (71.4%) | 16 (88.9%) | 0.089 |
chest tightness | 13 (18.8%) | 2 (4.1%) | 11 (61.1%) | <0.001 |
Fatigue | 41 (61.2%) | 24 (49.0%) | 17 (94.4%) | <0.001 |
Diarrhea | 10 (15.0%) | 9 (18.4%) | 1 (5.6%) | 0.131 |
Muscle ache | 7 (10.4%) | 3 (6.1%) | 4 (22.2%) | 0.135 |
Chest x-ray and CT findings | ||||
No lung lesion | 1 (1.5%) | 1 (2.0%) | 0 | – |
Lung lesions | 66 (98.5%) | 48 (98.0%) | 18 (100%) | |
Total number of lung fields in the lesion (2 lung fields on the left and 3 lung fields on the right) | 3.0 (3.0, 4.0) | 3.0 (2.0,4.0) | 4.5 (4.0,5.0) | <0.01 |
Days for illness lesion progression | 3.0 (2.0, 5.0) | 2.0 (1.0, 5.0) | 3.0 (2.0, 5.0) | 0.649 |