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Table 1 Baseline characteristics and clinical history of 2137 patients presenting for COVID-19 suspicion

From: Diagnostic accuracy of symptoms as a diagnostic tool for SARS-CoV 2 infection: a cross-sectional study in a cohort of 2,173 patients

Variable

Total (n = 2137)

Positive SARS CoV2 patients (n = 1148)

Negative SARS CoV2 patients (n = 989)

P Value

Age, mean ± SD

45.93 ± 15.34

48.60 ± 15.6

42.82 ± 14.42

< 0.001a

Gender, n (%)

Female

1034 (48.3)

508 (44.2)

526 (53.1)

< 0.001b

Male

1103 (51.6)

640 (55.7)

463 (46.8)

 

Vital sings

Temperature (C°), median (IQR)

36.4 (36.2)

36.4 (36.2–36.8)

36.4 (36.2–36.7)

0.01c

Hear rate (bpm), median (IQR)

90 (78–103)

94 (82–108)

87 (75–99)

< 0.001c

Respiratory rate (bpm), median (IQR)

22 (20–24)

22 (20–24)

22 (20–24)

< 0.001c

SBP (mmHg), mean ± SD

191.2 ± 19.1

131.3 ± 18.6

131.1 ± 19.7

0.78a

DBP (mmHg), mean ± SD

76.6 ± 20.0

76.7 ± 24.4

76.5 ± 13.2

0.82a

Oxygen saturation (%), median (IQR)

94 (90–95)

93 (85–95)

95 (93–96)

< 0.001c

Weight (kg), median (IQR)

74 (63–85)

75 (64–86)

72 (62–84)

< 0.001c

Height (m), mean ± SD

1.63 ± 0.09

1.62 ± 0.09

1.63 ± 0.09

0.42a

BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR)

27.8 (24.76–31.21)

28.4 (25.28–31.74)

27.3 (24.11–30.46)

< 0.001c

Oxygen saturation < 93%, n (%)

170 (7.96)

127 (11.06)

43 (4.35)

< 0.001 a

General symptoms, n (%)

Fever

891 (41.69)

615 (53.57)

276 (27.91)

< 0.001b

Cough

1284 (60.08)

816 (71.08)

468 (47.32)

< 0.001 b

Odynophagia

1058 (49.51)

574 (50.00)

484 (48.94)

0.62 b

Thoracic pain

708 (33.13)

445 (38.76)

263 (26.59)

< 0.001 b

Asthenia

1354 (63.36)

789 (68.73)

565 (57.13)

< 0.001 b

Myalgia

1188 (55.59)

705 (61.41)

483 (48.84)

< 0.001 b

Rhinorrhea

652 (30.51)

373 (32.49)

279 (28.21)

0.03 b

Headache

1287 (60.22)

709 (61.76)

578 (58.44)

0.11 b

Anosmia

410 (19.19)

309 (26.92)

101 (10.21)

< 0.001 b

Conjunctivitis

304 (14.23)

162 (14.11)

142 (14.36)

0.87 b

Dyspnea

788 (36.87)

550 (47.91)

238 (24.06)

< 0.001 b

Comorbidities, n (%)

COPD

29 (1.36)

21 (1.83)

8 (0.81)

0.04 b

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

326 (15.26)

218 (18.99)

108 (10.92)

< 0.001 b

Hypertension

447 (20.92)

285 (24.83)

162 (16.38)

< 0.001 b

Chronic Kidney disease

84 (3.93)

54 (4.78)

30 (3.03)

0.04 b

Immunodeficiency

65 (3.04)

34 (2.96)

31 (3.13)

0.81 b

Hepatopathy

11 (0.51)

8 (0.70)

3 (0.30)

0.20 b

Obesity

1148 (57.72)

537 (60.47)

611 (48.92)

< 0.001 b

  1. Abbreviations: IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation, Kg kilograms, BMI body mass index, m meters, COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  2. a P Value estimated with T test between SARS-CoV2 positive and SARS-CoV2 negative patients
  3. b P Value estimated with Pearson’s X2 test between SARS-CoV2 positive and SARS-CoV2 negative patients
  4. c P Value estimated with U-Mann-Whitney between SARS-CoV2 positive and SARS-CoV2 negative patients