Table 4 Association between clinical characteristics and presymptomatic COVID-19 patients in our cohort
Characteristics | n (%) | Presymptomatic | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (%) | No (%) | ||||
Gender | Female | 52 (26.1) | 18 (34.6) | 34 (65.4) | 0.019* |
Male | 147 (73.9) | 25 (17.0) | 122 (83.0) | ||
Nationality | Local | 140 (70.4) | 29 (20.7) | 111 (79.3%) | 0.707 |
Foreigner | 59 (29.6) | 14 (23.7) | 45 (76.3) | ||
Highest MEWS; | 0 | 2 (1.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0.023* |
1 | 157 (79.3) | 34 (21.7) | 123 (78.3) | ||
2 | 32 (16.2) | 5 (15.6) | 27 (84.4) | ||
3 | 6 (3.0) | 3 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | ||
4 | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (100.0) | ||
Category after re-evaluation | 1 | 93 (46.7) | 0 (0) | 93 (100.0) | – |
2A | 59 (29.6) | 27 (45.8) | 32 (54.2) | ||
2B | 20 (10.1) | 8 (40.0) | 12 (60.0) | ||
3A | 20 (10.1) | 5 (25.0) | 15 (75.0) | ||
3B | 2 (1.0) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0) | ||
4A | 2 (1.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | ||
4B | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (100.0) | ||
5 | 2 (1.0) | 0 (0) | 2 (100.0) | ||
Cigarette smoking | Yes | 15 (12.1) | 2 (13.3) | 13 (86.7) | 0.359 |
Reformed | 8 (6.4) | 1 (12.5) | 7 (87.5) | ||
No | 101 (81.5) | 24 (23.8) | 77 (76.2) | ||
Blood abnormalities on admission | Yes | 50 (25.1) | 10 (20.0) | 40 (80.0) | 0.817 |
No | 149 (74.9) | 33 (22.1) | 116 (77.9) | ||
Blood abnormalities during stay | Yes | 55 (27.6) | 11 (20.0) | 44 (80.0) | 0.485 |
No | 144 (72.4) | 22 (22.2) | 112 (71.8) | ||
Abnormal blood indices | CBC RP LFT | 6 (3.0)** 20 (10.1)** 55 (27.6)** | 2 (33.3) 4 (20.0) 11 (20.0) | 4 (66.7) 16 (80.0) 44 (80.0) | 0.442 0.487 0.119 |
X-ray changes | Yes | 30 (15.1) | 10 (33.3) | 20 (66.7) | 0.126 |
No | 169 (84.9) | 33 (19.5) | 136 (80.5) | ||
CT thorax performed | Yes | 44 (22.1) | 8 (18.6) | 36 (23.1) | 0.748 |
No | 155 (77.9) | 35 (81.4) | 120 (76.9) | ||
Treatment | Yes | 45 (22.6)** | 20 (44.4) | 25 (55.6) | < 0.001* |
Negative PCR based on day of illness | Mean | 16.42 Days | 17 Days | 16 Days | 0.293 |