Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics of enrolled patients.

From: Incidence of common respiratory pathogens among patients with severe acute respiratory infection during COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt

 

PCR COVID-19

P Value

Positive

Negative

n (%)

n (%)

Gender

 Male

79 (27.6%)

207 (72.4%)

0.509

 Female

79 (25.2%)

234 (74.8%)

 

Age Groups

 0–15 Years

9 (6.7%)

125 (93.3%)

0.000*

 15–40 Years

49 (24.6%)

150 (75.4%)

 

 40–60 Years

52 (36.6%)

90 (63.4%)

 

 Above 60 Years

48 (36.7%)

76 (61.3%)

 

Symptoms

 Fever

99 (28.4%)

250 (71.6%)

0.192

 Cough

126 (25.9%)

361 (74.1%)

0.559

 Dyspnea

102 (25.7%)

295 (74.3%)

0.594

 Diarrhea

50 (27.6%)

131 (72.4%)

0.649

 Loss of smell

51 (31.3%)

112 (68.7%)

0.095

 Loss of taste

48 (31.4%)

105 (68.6%)

0.104

 Runny nose

59 (21.7%)

213 (78.3%)

0.018*

 Sore throat

68 (26.2%)

192 (73.8%)

0.913

Comorbidity

90 (32.4%)

188 (67.6%)

0.002*

 Vascular event

19 (22.1%)

67 (77.9%)

0.330

 Neurological event

11 (18.3%)

49 (81.7%)

0.136

 Hypertension

35 (40.7%)

51 (59.3%)

0.001*

 Diabetes

29 (38.7%)

46 (61.3%)

0.010*

 Chronic cardiac disease

18 (24%)

57 (76%)

0.617

 Asthma

15 (25%)

45 (75%)

0.799

 Chronic respiratory disease

11 (23.4%)

36 (76.6%)

0.630

 Obesity

8 (32%)

17 (68%)

0.515

 Chronic liver disease

7 (41.2%)

10 (58.8%)

0.16

 Chronic neurological disease

7 (50%)

7 (50%)

0.042*

 Chronic renal disease

3 25%)

9 (75%)

0.913

 Chronic hematological disorder

3 (30%)

7 (70%)

0.793

 Pregnant

1 (11.1%)

8 (88.9%)

0.295

 Seasonal Influenza vaccination in last 6 months

2 (25%)

6 (75%)

0.929

 Immunodeficiency

2 (33.3%)

4 (66.7%)

0.698

  1. Values in the same row and subtable not sharing the same subscript are significantly different at p < .05 in the two-sided test of equality for column proportions.