A Study on the Predictors of Disease Severity of COVID-19

23 September 2020 : Clinical Research

Liang Li^1ABCDE, Wei Sun^1ABCD, Mingfeng Han^1BCD, Yunli Ying^1CDEF, Quanzhi Wang^2AFG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.927167

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e927167

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Table 4 The clinical characteristics of severe cases and nonsevere cases.

Clinical characteristics	Severe cases		No-severe cases		χ2-value	P-value
Clinical characteristics	N=30	Constituent ratio (%)	N=128	Constituent ratio (%)	χ2-value	P-value
Fever
Yes	30	21.90	107	78.10	5.676	0.014
No	0	0.00	21	100.00	5.676	0.014
Fatigue
Yes	14	25.45	41	74.55	2.294	0.130
No	16	15.53	87	84.47	2.294	0.130
Cough
Yes	26	20.16	103	79.84	0.623	0.602
No	4	13.79	25	86.21	0.623	0.602
Dyspnea
Yes	28	82.35	6	17.65	113.085	0.001
No	2	1.61	122	98.39	113.085	0.001
Diarrhea or vomiting
Yes	8	12.90	54	87.10	2.456	0.147
No	22	22.92	74	77.08	2.456	0.147
Muscle or joint pain
Yes	3	50.00	3	50.00	3.900	0.048
No	27	17.76	125	82.24	3.900	0.048
Chest pain
Yes	3	100.00	0	0.00	8.231	0.004
No	27	18.24	128	81.76	8.231	0.004
Sore throat
Yes	7	25.00	21	75.00	0.800	0.426
No	23	17.69	107	82.31	0.800	0.426
CT scan of the lungs
No damage/damage to one lung	0	0.00	27	100.00	7.632	0.003
Damage to both lungs	30	22.90	101	77.10	7.632	0.003

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