Sun (2020)
Epidemiological and Clinical Predictors of COVID-19
https://doi.org10.1093/cid/ciaa322. [
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32211755
Symptoms
Body temperature (1 unit increase vs. Not applicable)
SARS COV-2 infection
Odds ratio: 2.270 (1.500-3.440) Adjusted model

Singapore

Case control study

Medical records

788

Patients referred to hospital for SARS-CoV-2 test

The median age was 34 years (range: 7 to 98 years; inter-quartile range [IQR]: 27 to 45 years). The majority were female (407, 51.7%). The majority were Singapore citizens (414, 52.5%) or Chinese nationals (145, 18.4%). Of the 54 cases, the median age was 42 years (range: 16 to 79 years; IQR: 34 to 54 years), 29 (53.7%) were male and 48 (88.9%) were ethnic Chinese.

0


SARS COV-2 infection

54

Individuals who had a positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test


Symptoms

Body temperature

none

Not applicable

1 unit increase


Odds ratio

2.270 (1.500-3.440)

No

Yes

Yes

Adjusted for: Gender, Temperature, Heart rate, Respiration rate, Diastolic blood pressure, Sore throat, Sputum production, Gastrointestinal symptoms


None

Average

No