Clinical findings:
With respect to comorbidities, the two groups had significant similarities, and only hyperlipidemia was significantly higher in positive RT-PCR group (10, 9.0%) (p= 0.024). The most common comorbidities in positive RT-PCR group were hypertension and diabetes (28, 25.2%) and (27, 24.3%), respectively. Also, in negative RT-PCR group, hypertension (11, 20.8%) and diabetes (12, 22.6%) were the most common comorbidities (Table 1).
We also analyzed the appearance date of symptoms before admission and found no significant difference between groups (Table 2).