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Table 2 Characteristics of patients with symptomatic COVID-19 symptoms

From: Clinical characteristics and COVID-19 outcomes in a regional cohort of pediatric patients with rheumatic diseases

Variable

RMD Covid-19 patients

n = 47

Women, n (%)

31 (65.95)

Age, mean (SD), years

12.04 (4.22)

Activity of the RMD, n (%)

 Mild

41 (87.23)

 Moderate

5 (10.63)

 Severe

1 (2.12)

COVID-19 symptoms, n (%)

 Dyspnea

2 (4.25)

 Fatigue

10 (21.27)

 Chest pain

5 (10.63)

 Cough

17 (36.17)

 Abdominal pain

2 (4.25)

 Diarrhoea/vomiting

10 (21.27)

 Fever

45 (95.74)

 Anosmia

10 (21.27)

 Dysgeusia

12 (25.53)

 Joint pain

8 (17.02)

 Headache

20 (42.55)

 Odynophagia

16 (34.04)

Hospital admission required, n (%)

6 (12.76)

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, RMD rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases