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Table 2 Clinical manifestations: symptoms, hospital disposition, complications and severity of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and their association with the final outcome

From: Clinical manifestations, complications, and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 in Sudan: a multicenter observational study

Variables

n

Number (%) or median (IQR)

Univariate logistic regression for predictors of in-hospital death

 

OR

Lower CI

Upper CI

P-value

Duration from the onset of symptom to hospital admission, days

169

5 (3–10)

1.002

0.939

1.07

0.943

 7 days and less

 

114 (67.5)

    

 8–14 days

 

44 (26.0)

    

 15–30 days

 

11 (6.5)

    

 More than 30 days

 

0 (0.0)

    

Site of disposition at admission

193

     

 Ward deposition (reference)

 

140 (72.5)

 HDU depositiona

 

50 (25.9)

5.231

2.538

10.781

< 0.001

 ICU depositiona

 

3 (1.6)

2.833

0.246

32.666

0.404

Manifestations

Pulmonary manifestations

198

     

 Cough

 

140 (70.7)

0.627

0.308

1.279

0.2

 Shortness of breath

 

137 (69.2)

3.392

1.347

8.538

0.010

 Hemoptysis

 

5 (2.5)

0.899

0.098

8.258

0.925

 Chest pain

 

12 (6.1)

0.999

 Sore throat

 

32 (16.2)

0.326

0.094

1.127

0.077

 Congestion/runny nose

 

9 (4.5)

0.999

General manifestations

173

     

 Fever

 

144 (83.2)

1.263

0.445

3.588

0.661

 Fatigue

 

58 (33.5)

0.887

0.4

1.967

0.796

 Headache

 

40 (23.1)

0.159

0.036

0.697

0.015

 Body aches

 

17 (9.8)

1.241

0.378

4.069

0.722

 Loss of smell

 

4 (2.3)

0.999

 Loss of taste

 

1 (0.6)

1

Neurological manifestations

23

     

 Disturbed level of consciousness

 

21 (91.3)

0.999

 Hemiparesis

 

4 (17.4)

1.111

0.129

9.605

0.924

 Aphasia

 

3 (13.0)

2.444

0.19

31.526

0.493

 Hemi sensory deficit

 

0 (0.0)

 Visual loss

 

0 (0.0)

Gastrointestinal manifestations

42

     

 Nausea/vomiting

 

15 (35.7)

2.933

0.711

12.108

0.137

 Diarrhea

 

18 (42.9)

1.154

0.289

4.608

0.839

 Abdominal pain

 

13 (30.9)

0.788

0.171

3.621

0.759

 Loss of appetite

 

8 (19.0)

0.343

0.037

3.161

0.345

Vascular manifestation

3

     

 DVTa

 

2 (66.7)

1

  Coronary artery disease

 

1 (33.3)

1

  Bowel ischemia

 

0 (0.0)

  Limb ischemia

 

0 (0.0)

In-hospital complications (yes)

243

 70 (28.8)

    

 Sepsis

 

24 (9.8)

15.074

5.751

39.511

< 0.001

 Acidosis

 

19 (7.8)

32.711

8.986

119.081

< 0.001

 Respiratory failure

 

17 (6.9)

44.758

9.753

205.392

< 0.001

 Acute kidney injury

 

15 (6.2)

21.647

5.800

80.791

< 0.001

 Acute respiratory distress syndrome

 

12 (4.9)

6.533

1.971

21.661

0.002

 Hyponatremia

 

10 (4.1)

0.44

0.054

3.559

0.441

 Alkalosis

 

8 (3.3)

7.480

1.718

32.558

0.007

 Hypokalemia

 

8 (3.3)

1.371

0.268

7.026

0.705

 Shock

 

6 (2.5)

0.999

 Hyperkalemia

 

5 (2.1)

0.999

 Acute cardiac injury

 

4 (1.6)

4.205

0.576

30.677

0.157

 Heart failure

 

2 (0.8

0

 

0.999

 GIT bleedinga

 

2 (0.8)

 

0

 

0.999

 Hypernatremia

 

1 (0.4)

1

 Acute liver injury

 

0 (0.0)

 Disseminated intravascular coagulation

 

0 (0.0)

Severity of the disease

116

     

 Mild (reference)

 

45 (38.8)

 Moderate

 

29 (25.0)

3.259

0.282

37.687

0.344

 Severe

 

27 (23.3)

40.857

4.899

340.728

0.001

 Critically ill

 

15 (12.9)

286.000

23.977

3411.477

< 0.001

  1. Bold values mean these varibles were statistically significant
  2. aHDU, high dependency unit; ICU, intensive care unit; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; GIT, gastrointestinal tract