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Table 1 Demographics and baseline characteristics of COVID-19 patients

From: Beware of pharyngeal Fusobacterium nucleatum in COVID-19

 

Pharyngeal swab

samples (n = 28)

Fecal samples

(n = 36)

Age (yrs) - medium (IQR)

36.0 (28 ~ 49.5)

46.5 (34.3 ~ 56.0)

Age groups – No. (%)

  ≤ 30 yrs

11 (39.29)

8 (22.22)

 31 ~ 50 yrs

10 (35.71)

15 (41.67)

 >50 yrs

7 (25.00)

13 (36.11)

Sex – No. (%)

 Male

20 (71.43)

18 (50)

 Female

8 (28.67)

18 (50)

Severity of illness – No. (%)

 Asymptomatic infection

4 (14.29)

3 (8.33)

 Mild illness

4 (14.29)

4 (11.11)

 Moderate illness

20 (71.43)

24 (66.67)

 Severe illness

0

5 (13.89)

Sampling intervals a –No. (%)

  ≤ 7 d

23 (85.2)

9 (26.5)

  > 7 d

4 (14.8)

25 (73.5)

SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection (%)

 Positive (+)

28 (100)

26 (72.22)

 Negative (−)

0 (0)

10 (27.78)

  1. Abbreviations: COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, IQR interquartile range
  2. a The analysis was unavailable in one of the pharyngeal swab samples and two of the fecal samples due to missing data on the onset time or sampling time