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Volume 27, Number 1—January 2021
Research

Territorywide Study of Early Coronavirus Disease Outbreak, Hong Kong, China

Kenneth Siu-Sing Leung, Timothy Ting-Leung Ng, Alan Ka-Lun Wu, Miranda Chong-Yee Yau, Hiu-Yin Lao, Ming-Pan Choi, Kingsley King-Gee Tam, Lam-Kwong Lee, Barry Kin-Chung Wong, Alex Yat Man Ho, Kam-Tong Yip, Kwok-Cheung Lung, Raymond Wai-To Liu, Eugene Yuk-Keung Tso, Wai-Shing Leung, Man-Chun Chan, Yuk-Yung Ng, Kit-Man Sin, Kitty Sau-Chun Fung, Sandy Ka-Yee Chau, Wing-Kin To, Tak-Lun Que, David Ho-Keung Shum, Shea Ping Yip, Wing Cheong Yam, and Gilman Kit-Hang SiuComments to Author 
Author affiliations: The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (K.S.-S. Leung, K.K.-G. Tam, W.C. Yam); The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (T.T.-L. Ng, H.-Y. Lao, M.-P. Choi, L.-K. Lee, D.H.-K. Shum, S.P. Yip, G.K.-H. Siu); Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong (A.K.-L. Wu, M.C.-Y. Yau, K.-C. Lung); United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong (B.K.-C. Wong, E.Y.-K. Tso, K.S.-C. Fung, S.K.-Y. Chau); Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong (A.Y.-M. Ho, W.-S. Leung, M.-C. Chan, W.-K. To); Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong (K.-T. Yip, Y.-Y. Ng, K.-M. Sin, T.-L. Que); Ruttonjee Hospital, Hong Kong (R.W.-T. Liu)

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Table 1

Demographics, travel record, and baseline medical history of 50 coronavirus disease patients, Hong Kong, February 2020*

Characteristic Case-patients, n = 50
Age group, y
Mean (SD) 55.2 (19.5)
Range 22–96
<30 8 (16.0)
31–40 5 (10.0)
41–50 6 (12.0)
51–60 11 (22.0)
61–70 10 (20.0)
>71
10 (20.0)
Sex
F 27 (54.0)
M
23 (46.0)
Travel record <14 d before symptom onset 7 (14.0)
Wuhan, Hubei Province, China 3 (6.0)
Other regions in mainland China 1 (2.0)
Regions outside mainland China 3 (6.0)
No travel record
43 (86.0)
Chronic medical illnesses 18 (36.0)
Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases 14 (28.0)
Endocrine system diseases 11 (22.0)
Nervous system diseases 5 (10.0)
Digestive system diseases 4 (8.0)
Malignant tumor
1 (2.0)
*Values are no. (%) except as indicated.

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