Figures
- FIGURE 1
a) Case distribution against date of illness onset (n=205). b) Time from illness onset to repeated SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid test. c) Exposure history of the patients. ns: nonsignificant.
- FIGURE 2
a) Median (range) times during medical care-seeking process in days. b) Case distribution of first medical visit period against date of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid test. Time from c) illness onset to first medical visit (n=205), d) first medical visit to blood test (n=191), e) first medical visit to chest computed tomography scan (n=205), f) first medical visit to SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid test (n=205) and g) first medical visit to admission (n=205).
Tables
- TABLE 1
Baseline characteristics of patients with COVID-19
Characteristic All Male Female Patients n 205 112 93 Age years 51 (39–57) 50 (36–57) 51 (41–58) Comorbidities Diabetes 10 (4.9%) 7 (6.3%) 3 (3.2%) Hypertension 23 (11.2%) 13 (11.6%) 10 (10.8%) Cardiovascular disease 2 (1.0%) 1 (0.9%) 1 (1.1%) COPD 9 (4.4%) 5 (4.5%) 4 (4.3%) Cancer 1 (0.5%) 0 (0%) 1 (1.1%) Other 8 (3.9%) 7 (6.3%) 1 (1.1%) None 163 (79.5%) 87 (77.7%) 76 (81.7%) Signs and symptoms Fever 168 (82.0%) 98 (87.5%) 70 (75.3%) Dry cough 143 (69.8%) 82 (73.2%) 61 (65.6%) Expectoration 59 (28.8%) 45 (40.2%) 14 (15.1%) Fatigue 66 (32.2%) 36 (32.1%) 30 (32.3%) Myalgia 47 (22.9%) 22 (19.6%) 25 (26.9%) Chest tightness/shortness of breath 71 (34.6%) 33 (29.5%) 38 (40.9%) Chest pain 10 (4.9%) 4 (3.6%) 6 (6.5%) Haemoptysis 8 (3.9%) 7 (6.3%) 1 (1.1%) Stuffy nose/runny nose/pharyngalgia/headache 54 (26.3%) 36 (32.1%) 18 (19.4%) Diarrhoea 29 (14.1%) 15 (13.4%) 14 (15.1%) Nausea 11 (5.4%) 4 (3.6%) 7 (7.5%) Vomiting 6 (2.9%) 2 (1.8%) 4 (4.3%) Laboratory findings White blood cell count ×109 per L 5.3 (4.3–6.5) 5.5 (4.7–6.7) 5.1 (3.8–6.4) Neutrophil count % 65.3 (56.3–70.9) 67.3 (58.8–72.4) 62.0 (53.3–70.2) Lymphocyte count % 23.4 (18.3–31.1) 22.2 (17.1–28.8) 24.7 (19.5–33.7) Platelet count ×109 per L 166 (137–219) 164 (134–218) 167 (144–219) Bilateral distribution of patchy shadows or ground-glass opacity on CT 200 (97.6%) 111 (99.1%) 89 (95.7%) Temperature on admission C 36.5 (36.3–36.8) 36.5 (36.2–36.7) 36.7 (36.5–36.9) Heart rate on admission beats per min 86 (77–96) 88 (79–100) 84 (75–90) Respiratory rate on admission breaths per min 20 (16–20) 20 (18–22) 18 (16–18) Arterial pressure on admission mmHg mean±sd 96.8±11.3 98.3±11.8 95.0±10.4 SpO2 % 96 (96–97) 96 (95–97) 97 (96–98) Treatments Antibiotics 128 (62.4%) 73 (65.2%) 55 (59.1%) Antiviral 163 (79.5%) 91 (81.3%) 72 (77.4%) Chinese medicine 173 (84.4%) 97 (86.6%) 76 (81.7%) Data are presented as median (range) or n (%), unless otherwise stated. CT: computed tomography; SpO2: oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximetry.
