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Table 4 Symptoms at Presentation for Testing of COVID-19 Patients Diagnosed in March 2020 at Stanford: Chart review subset

From: Relationship of socio-demographics, comorbidities, symptoms and healthcare access with early COVID-19 presentation and disease severity

 

Total

Outpatient

Inpatient

ER

Symptoms

N = 257

%

N = 127

%

N = 34

%

N = 96

%

Cough

220

86

112

88

29

85

79

82

Fever/Chillsa***

196

76

108

85

27

79

61

64

Fatigue, etcb*

162

63

91

72

21

62

50

52

Shortness of breath or Dypsnea on exertion***

90

35

38

30

22

65

30

32

Sore throat**

79

31

50

39

5

15

24

25

Runny nose or nasal congestion

74

29

43

34

5

15

26

27

Pleuritic chest pain, tightnessc

72

28

30

24

8

24

34

35

Headache

69

27

42

33

9

26

18

19

GI symptomsd*

67

26

30

24

16

47

21

22

Loss of taste

23

9

17

13

1

4

5

5

Back pain, ache*

8

3

1

1

0

0

7

7

  1. aIncludes both known and subjective
  2. bIncludes fatigue, malaise, weakness, myalgias
  3. cIncludes all chest symptoms such as wheezing and chest congestion
  4. dIncludes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
  5. * P ≤ 0.05
  6. ** P ≤ 0.01
  7. *** P ≤ 0.001