Characteristics of patients with COVID-19 with and without GI symptoms and fever
| Characteristics | COVID-19 patients groups by GI symptoms and fever (%) | P value | |||
| No GI symptoms or fever (n=8333) | GI symptoms and no fever (n=504) | Fever and no GI symptoms (n=18 771) | Both GI symptoms and fever (n=1785) | ||
| Age groups (years) | <0.001* | ||||
| <30 | 1765 (21.2) | 57 (11.3) | 2268 (12.1) | 203 (11.4) | |
| 30–39 | 1417 (17.0) | 98 (19.4) | 3746 (20.0) | 385 (21.6) | |
| 40–49 | 1511 (18.1) | 72 (14.3) | 4087 (21.8) | 344 (19.3) | |
| 50–59 | 1827 (21.9) | 116 (23.0) | 4599 (24.5) | 420 (23.5) | |
| 60–69 | 1070 (12.8) | 86 (17.1) | 2510 (13.4) | 263 (14.7) | |
| 70–79 | 547 (6.6) | 59 (11.7) | 1158 (6.2) | 123 (6.9) | |
| ≥80 | 196 (2.4) | 16 (3.2) | 403 (2.1) | 47 (2.6) | |
| Sex (male) | 4021 (48.3) | 195 (38.7) | 10 415 (55.5) | 870 (48.7) | <0.001* |
| Region (outside of Hubei) | 4630 (55.6) | 216 (42.9) | 7560 (40.3) | 688 (38.5) | <0.001* |
| History of chronic disease | 1814 (21.8) | 171 (33.9) | 4469 (23.8) | 547 (30.6) | <0.001* |
| Exposure history (family or working place cluster) | 3637 (47.3) | 172 (37.9) | 4707 (28.0) | 461 (28.7) | <0.001* |
| Shiver | 269 (3.2) | 50 (9.9) | 1980 (10.5) | 296 (16.6) | <0.001* |
| Cough | 2381 (28.6) | 186 (36.9) | 6916 (36.8) | 725 (40.6) | <0.001* |
| Expectoration | 1325 (15.9) | 102 (20.2) | 4288 (22.8) | 503 (28.2) | <0.001* |
| Nasal obstruction | 343 (4.1) | 29 (5.8) | 784 (4.2) | 102 (5.7) | 0.005*† |
| Runny nose | 359 (4.3) | 43 (8.5) | 978 (5.2) | 139 (7.8) | <0.001* |
| Sore throat | 533 (6.4) | 59 (11.7) | 1532 (8.2) | 183 (10.3) | <0.001* |
| Headache | 479 (5.7) | 85 (16.9) | 2282 (12.2) | 371 (20.8) | <0.001* |
| Dizziness | 67 (0.8) | 8 (1.6) | 183 (1.0) | 39 (2.2) | <0.001* |
| Fatigue | 1148 (13.8) | 139 (27.6) | 4663 (24.8) | 672 (37.6) | <0.001* |
| Muscle ache | 402 (4.8) | 60 (11.9) | 2116 (11.3) | 396 (22.2) | <0.001* |
| Shortness of breath | 239 (2.9) | 33 (6.5) | 939 (5.0) | 177 (9.9) | <0.001* |
| Dyspnoea | 185 (2.2) | 37 (7.3) | 716 (3.8) | 165 (9.2) | <0.001* |
| Pneumonia feature by chest X-ray/CT | 4908 (58.9) | 407 (80.8) | 16 127 (85.9) | 1568 (87.8) | <0.001* |
| Severe cases‡ | 666 (8.0) | 82 (16.3) | 3332 (17.8) | 369 (20.7) | <0.001* |
| Death | 93 (1.1) | 15 (3.0) | 533 (2.8) | 70 (3.9) | <0.001* |
*P<0.05.
†Fisher’s exact test.
‡Including critical cases.