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Table 2 Baseline vital sign, Laboratory markers 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 (Mean ± SD)

Symptomatic (Mean ± SD)

P-value

Vital sign

 Temperature (°C)

37.6 (18.1)

37.2 (16.8)

0.676

 Heart rate (Beats/min)

93.8 (15.7)

97.3 (16.3)

0.187

 Respiratory rate (RR/min)

19.7 (9.3)

23.2 (7.3)

0.0001*

 SBP (mmHg)

132.2 (19.9)

129.9 (21.4)

0.605

 DBP (mmHg)

81.9 (12.2)

79.6 (12.5)

0.631

 Spo2 (%)

95.8 (1.6)

93.7 (4.5)

0.0001*

Complete blood count

 Hemoglobin (mg/dl)

14.8 (1.6)

15.0 (1.9)

0.764

 White blood cell count (Cells/L)

7.3 (2.7)

26.2 (2.82)

0.538

 Neutrophil % (%)

51.0 (24.2)

78.3 (16.8)

0.011*

 Lymphocyte % (%)

24.5 (9.4)

12.0 (9.9)

0.371

Renal function test

 Urea (mg/dl)

23.2 (10.9)

35.7 (28.4)

0.182

 Creatinine (mg/dl)

1.43 (0.8)

1.21 (0.8)

0.740

Liver function test

 Asparatate transaminase (IU/L)

77.8 (17.7)

44.9 (4.3)

0.0001*

 Alanine transaminase (IU/L)

21.1 (13.1)

49.4 (5.1)

0.07

 Alkaline phosphatase (IU/L)

74.8 (23.9)

89.0 (66.4)

0.290

Electrolyte

 Sodium (mEq/L)

139.8 (2.7)

142.7 (65.4)

0.599

 Potassium (mEq/L)

4.6 (0.6)

4.3 (0.8)

0.489

  1. *Statistically significant