COVID-19 symptoms at hospital admission vary with age and sex: results from the ISARIC prospective multinational observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ISARIC prospective multinational observational study is the largest cohort of hospitalized patients with COVID-19. We present relationships of age, sex, and nationality to presenting symptoms.

Methods

International, prospective observational study of 60 109 hospitalized symptomatic patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 recruited from 43 countries between 30 January and 3 August 2020. Logistic regression was performed to evaluate relationships of age and sex to published COVID-19 case definitions and the most commonly reported symptoms.

Results

'Typical' symptoms of fever (69%), cough (68%) and shortness of breath (66%) were the most commonly reported. 92% of patients experienced at least one of these. Prevalence of typical symptoms was greatest in

SUBMITTER: ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8231091 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature