Variables

Number (n = 80)

Percentage (%)

Characteristics

Sex

Female

35

43.8

 Male

45

56.3

Age

≤ 40 years

36

45

 ≥ 40 years

44

55

RT-PCR

80

100

Comorbidities

Diabetes mellitus

7

8.8

Hypertension

9

11.3

Obesity

4

5

Cardiovascular disease

8

10

Symptoms

Fever

36

45

Asthenia

44

55

Rhinorrhoea

12

15

Cough

49

61.3

Dyspnoea

14

17.5

Diarrhoea

3

3.8

Symptoms

≤ 3 symptoms

74

92.5

> 3 symptoms

6

7.5

Duration of symptoms

≤ 5 days

33

50.8

> 5 days

32

49.2

Baseline serum cortisol

≤ 150 ng/ml

69

86.3

> 150 ng/ml

11

13.8

Oxygentherapy

10

12.5