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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of suspected patients of SARS-COV-2 participating in the study

From: Rapid, sensitive, and specific detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swab samples of suspected patients using a novel one-step loop-mediated isothermal amplification (one-step LAMP) technique

Variables

Groups

n (%)

Gender

Male

132 (52.00)

Female

122 (48.00)

Occupancy

Urban

137 (53.90)

Rural

117 (46.10)

Clinical symptoms

Fever

23 (9.10)

Fever & Chills

54 (21.30)

Muscle ache

73 (28.70)

Headache

69 (27.20)

Sore throat

65 (25.60)

Cough

52 (20.50)

Loss of smell & taste

21 (8.30)

Diarrhea & Vomiting

5 (2.0)

Shortness of breath

27 (10.60)

Asymptomatic

6 (2.40)

Other

31 (12.20)

Underlying health conditions (UHC)

Endocrine diseases

11 (4.30)

Liver diseases

2 (0.80)

Kidney diseases

5 (2.00)

Gastrointestinal diseases

2 (0.80)

Pulmonary diseases

4 (1.6)

Neurological diseases

0 (0.0)

Cardiovascular diseases

7 (2.80)

Cancer disease

1 (0.40)

No UHC

227 (89.37)

Lung involvement in CT scan (LICT)

Positive

28 (11.00)

Negative

226 (89.00)

Age category

≤ 18

35 (13.80)

19–64

199 (78.30)

≥ 65

20 (7.90)

Age (Mean ± SD)

 

37.68 ± 17.23