Table 3 Median duration of symptoms based on COVID-19 status (sample sizes in parentheses)
From: Presence of gustatory and olfactory dysfunction in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
Duration in days | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Symptom | Symptoms in COVID-19 positive patients (days) | Symptoms in COVID-19 negative patients (days) | p-value |
Fever (> 37.5 °C) | 3.5 (n = 22) | 2 (n = 214) | 0.0004 |
Olfactory Dysfunction | 6 (n = 25) | 3 (n = 133) | 0.0010 |
Visual Dysfunction | 2 (n = 5) | 2.5 (n = 80) | 0.6739 |
Auditory Dysfunction | 1 (n = 2) | 3 (n = 55) | 0.1734 |
Sensibility Dysfunction | 2 (n = 11) | 2 (n = 87) | 0.1670 |
Dyspnoea | 5.5 (n = 21) | 3 (n = 267) | 0.0355 |
Fatigue | 5 (n = 39) | 3 (n = 466) | 0.0010 |
Headache | 3 (n = 34) | 3 (n = 419) | 0.0567 |
Cough | 4.5 (n = 32) | 3 (n = 378) | 0.1737 |
Pharyngitis | 3.5 (n = 26) | 3 (n = 360) | 0.0411 |
Diarrhea | 2 (n = 14) | 2 (n = 177) | 0.4913 |