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Volume 26, Number 10—October 2020
Synopsis

Clinical Course of Asymptomatic and Mildly Symptomatic Patients with Coronavirus Disease Admitted to Community Treatment Centers, South Korea

Yong-Hoon Lee1, Chae Moon Hong1, Dae Hyun Kim, Taek Hoo Lee, and Jaetae LeeComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, South Korea (Y.H. Lee, C.M. Hong, T.H. Lee, J. Lee); Kyungpook National University, Daegu (Y.H. Lee, T.H. Lee, J. Lee); Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu (D.H. Kim)

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Table 1

Characteristics of 632 patients with diagnosed coronavirus disease admitted to community treatment centers for isolation, South Korea*

Characteristics Total Hospitalized, n = 19 p value Released or in remission, n = 578 p value
Sex
M 202 (32.0) 6 (31.6) 0.9 187 (32.4) 0.1
F
 430 (68.0)
 13 (68.4)
 Referent
391 (67.6)
 Referent
Age, y
Mean + SD 40.6 + 17.3 0.005† 0.5†
<20 44 (7.0) 2 (10.5) 38 (6.6)
20–29 204 (32.3) 1 (5.3) 194 (33.6)
30–39 74 (11.7) 0 70 (12.1)
40–49 76 (12.0) 3 (15.8) 69 (11.9)
50–59 118 (18.7) 5 (26.3) 105 (18.2)
>60
 116 (18.4)
 8 (42.1)
102 (17.6)
Underlying conditions
None 520 (82.3) 10 (52.6) Referent 482 (83.4) Referent
>1 condition 112 (17.7) 9 (47.4) <0.0001 96 (16.6) 0.7
Hypertension 55 (8.7) 4 (21.1) 0.05 47 (8.1) 0.9
Diabetes 12 (1.9) 0 0.5 10 (1.7) 0.6
Dyslipidemia 22 (3.5) 1 (5.3) 0.6 20 (3.5) 0.3
Respiratory disease 16 (2.5) 0 0.5 16 (2.8) 0.3
Heart disease 5 (0.8) 1 (5.3) 0.006 4 (0.7) 0.2
Other
 43 (6.8)
 7 (36.8)
 <0.0001
 35 (6.1)
 0.8
Symptoms
None 371 (58.7) 0 Referent 359 (62.1) Referent
Any symptom 261 (41.3) 19 (100.0) <0.0001 219 (37.9) <0.0001
Respiratory 187 (29.6) 14 (73.7) 0.0001 155 (26.8) <0.0001
Gastrointestinal 54 (8.5) 2 (10.5) 0.9 47 (8.1) 0.07
Headache 30 (4.7) 2 (10.5) 0.2 26 (4.5) 1.0
Fever 24 (3.8) 5 (26.3) <0.0001 16 (2.8) 0.1
Other 37 (5.9) 5 (26.3) 0.0001 29 (5.0) 0.4

*Values are no. (%) patients except as indicated. p values calculated by using log-rank test.
†Age >50 y.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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