Comparison of Chest Computed Tomography (CT) Imaging Patterns and Severity among COVID-19 Patients during the First and Fourth Waves in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 2

Symptom profiles of study participant COVID-19 patients.

Variables	1^st wave	4^th wave	value
	Frequency (%), n = 100	Frequency (%), n = 100
Duration of symptoms			0.075
1–7 days	59 (59%)	74 (74%)
8–14 days	14 (14%)	10 (10%)
>14 days	27 (27%)	16 (16%)
Cough	76 (76%)	82 (82%)	0.298
Headache	12 (12%)	4 (4%)	0.037
Shortness of breath	63 (63%)	49 (49%)	0.064
Arthralgia/myalgia	3 (3%)	33 (33%)	<0.001
Fever	18 (18%)	18 (18%)	1
Loss of taste/smell	4 (4%)	2 (2%)	0.683
Chest pain	33 (33%)	17 (17%)	0.014
Sore throat	2 (2%)	49 (49%)	<0.001
Fatigue	22 (22%)	10 (10%)	0.034