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Table 2 Distribution of symptoms according to the age

From: SARS-CoV-2 in a tropical area of Colombia, a remarkable conversion of presymptomatic to symptomatic people impacts public health

Symptoms

Younga %

Adultb %

Elderlyc %

Total %

p-value

Headache

(4/10) 0.08

(10/28) 0.20

(7/13) 0.14

(21/51) 0.41

0.545

Fever

(2/10) 0.04

(10/28) 0.20

(8/13) 0.16

(20/51) 0.39

0.11

Anosmia

(3/10) 0.06

(8/28) 0.16

(2/13) 0.04

(13/51) 0.25

0.623

Cough

(2/10) 0.04

(10/28) 0.20

0

(12/51) 0.24

0.041*

Adinamia

(1/10) 0.02

(9/28) 0.18

(1/13) 0.02

(11/51) 0.22

0.127

Dyspnoea

(2/10) 0.02

(4/28) 0.08

(5/13) 0.10

(10/51) 0.20

0.134

Diarrhea

(2/10) 0.04

(6/28) 0.12

(2/13) 0.04

(10/51) 0.20

0.9

Ageusia

(2/10) 0.04

(7/28) 0.14

(1/13) 0.02

(10/51) 0.20

0.43

Odynophagia

(2/10) 0.04

(7/28) 0.14

0

(9/51) 0.18

0.145

Myalgia

(1/10) 0.02

(5/28) 0.10

(2/13) 0.04

(8/51) 0.16

0.841

Arthralgia

(2/10) 0.04

(6/28) 0.12

0

(8/51) 0.16

0.196

Pain of thorax

0

(3/28) 0.06

(2/13) 0.04

(5/51) 0.10

0.456

Epigastralgia

0

0

(1/13) 0.02

(1/51) 0.02

0.225

  1. *Significance difference (p ≤ 0.05)
  2. aYoung 18–26 (included one child of 12 years old)
  3. bAdult 27–59 years
  4. cElderly > 60 years