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Table 2 Symptoms: frequency and percentage by test result

From: Modelling of a triage scoring tool for SARS-COV-2 PCR testing in health-care workers: data from the first German COVID-19 Testing Unit in Munich

Characteristics

Negative (n = 4076)

Positive (n = 121)

Total (n = 4197)

p value

Symptoms

 Asymptomatic

2805

68.8%

39

32.2%

2844

67.8%

 Symptomatic

1181

29.0%

81

66.9%

1262

30.1%

0.000

 No information

90

2.2%

1

0.8%

91

2.2%

NA

Days since symptom onset

5.6

6.0

4.0

3.0

5.5

6.0

0.095

 Fever

201

4.9%

39

32.2%

240

5.7%

0.000

 Cough

572

14.0%

59

48.8%

631

15.0%

0.000

 Shortness of breath

94

2.3%

6

5.0%

100

2.4%

0.067

 Sore throat

690

16.9%

33

27.3%

723

17.2%

0.003

 Rhinorrhea

545

13.4%

52

43.0%

597

14.2%

0.000

 Anosmia/Ageusia

54

1.3%

11

9.1%

65

1.5%

0.000

 Sputum production

27

0.7%

6

5.0%

33

0.8%

0.000

 Chest pain

34

0.8%

6

5.0%

40

1.0%

0.000

 Otalgia

20

0.5%

2

1.7%

22

0.5%

0.076

 Wheezing

11

0.3%

1

0.8%

12

0.3%

0.243

 Joint pain

36

0.9%

13

10.7%

49

1.2%

0.000

 Muscle pain

52

1.3%

15

12.4%

67

1.6%

0.000

 Fatigue

94

2.3%

13

10.7%

107

2.5%

0.000

 Headache

188

4.6%

22

18.2%

210

5.0%

0.000

 Confusion

1

0.0%

0

0.0%

1

0.0%

NA

 Seizure

1

0.0%

0

0.0%

1

0.0%

NA

 Abdominal pain

11

0.3%

5

4.1%

16

0.4%

0.000

 Nausea/Emesis

21

0.5%

4

3.3%

25

0.6%

0.000

 Diarrhea

28

0.7%

3

2.5%

31

0.7%

0.023

 Conjunctivitis

5

0.1%

0

0.0%

5

0.1%

NA

 Eczema

1

0.0%

0

0.0%

1

0.0%

NA

 Lymphadenopathy

12

0.3%

3

2.5%

15

0.4%

0.001

 Bleeding

2

0.0%

0

0.0%

2

0.0%

NA

  1. *Days since symptom onset: mean and inter-quartile range. p-value was obtained by univariable logistic regression (NA: p-value calculation not applicable). Symptoms were all coded binary (1 = yes, 0 = no), reference is always “no”