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Table 1 Description of demographic and medical data among the three studied groups

From: Assessment of atypical pneumonia by chest ultrasonography

 

Group

P

Sig

Group 1

Influenza A (23 patients)

Group 2

COVID-19 (30 patients)

Group 3

Atypical organisms (14 patients)

Mean

 ± SD

Mean

 ± SD

Mean

 ± SD

Age

47.52

14.97

60.30

13.02

39.93

19.26

0.001

HS

Disease onset (days)

6.00

1.31

7.53

2.42

6.50

1.99

0.001

HS

Sex

Male

15

65.2%

20

66.7%

8

57.1%

0.822

NS

Female

8

34.8%

10

33.3%

6

42.9%

DM

No

14

60.9%

15

50.0%

12

85.7%

0.077

NS

Yes

9

39.1%

15

50.0%

2

14.3%

HTN

No

19

82.6%

15

50.0%

11

78.6%

0.026

S

Yes

4

17.4%

15

50.0%

3

21.4%

IHD

No

19

82.6%

27

90.0%

14

100.0%

0.260

NS

Yes

4

17.4%

3

10.0%

0

0.0%

CKD

No

20

87.0%

28

93.3%

12

85.7%

0.665

NS

Yes

3

13.0%

2

6.7%

2

14.3%

Malignancy

No

22

95.7%

28

93.3%

14

100.0%

1.0

NS

Yes

1

4.3%

2

6.7%

0

0.0%

Asthma

No

21

91.3%

26

86.7%

14

100.0%

0.402

NS

Yes

2

8.7%

4

13.3%

0

0.0%

Smoking

No

17

73.9%

18

60.0%

10

71.4%

0.525

NS

Yes

6

26.1%

12

40.0%

4

28.6%

Admission

Ward

2

8.7%

16

53.3%

2

14.3%

0.001

HS

ICU

21

91.3%

14

46.7%

12

85.7%

Hypoxia

No

13

56.5%

4

13.3%

10

71.4%

0.001

HS

Yes

10

43.5%

26

86.7%

4

28.6%

  1. DM Diabetes mellitus, HTN Hypertension, IHD Ischemic heart disease, CKD Chronic kidney disease, ICU Intensive-care unit