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Table 1 Socio–demographic, co-morbid illness, disease related variables and comparison between Symptomatic Vs Asymptomatic patients (n = 730)

From: Factors associated with development of symptomatic disease in Ethiopian COVID-19 patients: a case-control study

Variable

Asymptomatic (%) (n = 366)

337

Symptomatic (%) (n = 393)

Total (%) (n = 730)

730

P-value

Age group (in years)

 < 30

169 (66.0)

87 (34.3)

256 (35.1)

0.0001*

 30–39

74 (44.3)

93 (55.7)

167 (22.9)

 

 40–49

52 (44.1)

66 (55.9)

118 (16.2)

 

 ≥ 50

42 (22.2)

147 (77.8)

189 (25.9)

 

Sex

 Female

162 (53.8)

139 (46.2)

301 (41.2)

0.001*

 Male

1730 (40.8)

254 (59.2)

429 (58.8)

 

Preexisting Co-morbid illness

 No

292 (55.8)

231 (44.2)

523 (71.6)

0.0001*

 Yes

45 (21.7)

162 (73.8)

207 (28.4)

 

Cardiac disease

 No

337 (47.7)

369 (52.3)

704 (96.7)

0.0001*

 Yes

0 (0.0)

24 (100.0)

24 (3.3)

 

Hypertension

 No

313 (50.6)

306 (49.4)

619 (84.8)

0.0001*

 Yes

24 (21.6)

87 (78.4)

111 (15.2)

 

Diabetes Mellitus

 No

349 (52.0)

322 (48.0)

649 (88.9)

0.0001*

 Yes

17 (19.3)

71 (87.7)

81 (11.1)

 

Asthma

 No

332 (47.1)

373 (52.9)

705 (96.6)

0.004*

 Yes

5 (20.0)

20 (80.0)

25 (3.4)

 

Khat chewing

 No

332 (46.8)

377 (53.2)

709 (97.1)

0.037

 Yes

5 (23.8)

16 (76.2)

21 (2.9)

 
  1. *Statistically significant