Table 1

- Socio-demographic characteristics, chronic medical illnesses, home medications, presenting coronavirus disease symptoms, and baseline vital signs of the study subjects (N=248).

Variable	n	%
Age,mean ±SD (range)^*	49.38 ±15.46 (18 – 93)
*Gender*
Female	60	24.2
Male	188	75.8
*Nationality*
Non-Saudi	155	62.5
Saudi	93	37.5
*Ethnicity*
Arab	138	55.7
East Asian and Southeast Asian	17	6.9
South Asian	73	29.4
Black	16	6.5
White	4	1.6
*Employment status*
Hhealthcare worker	12	4.8
Others	236	95.2
Body mass index, mean ±SD (range)^*	29.2 ±6.42 (18.4 –52.0)
*Obesity*
No	221	89.1
Yes	27	10.9
*Home medications*
Anti-hypertensive drugs	72	29.0
Antibiotics “before admission”	10	4.0
Anticoagulants	6	2.4
Steroids^*	4	1.6
Hypoglycemic drugs (oral hypoglycemics)	42	16.9
Hypoglycemic drugs (insulin)	43	17.3
*Chronic medical illnesses*
Chronic cardiac disease	24	9.7
Hypertension	74	29.8
Diabetes mellitus type I	17	6.9
Diabetes mellitus type II	69	27.8
Asthma	6	2.4
Renal diseases	9	3.6
Hepatic diseases	2	0.8
Neurological disorders	5	2.0
Malignancy	1	0.4
*Presenting COVID-19 symptoms*
Fever	168	67.7
Cough	52	31.1
Sore throat	30	12.1
Shortness of breath	135	54.4
Chest pain	16	6.5
Fatigue	9	3.6
Muscle ache	13	5.2
Runny nose	13	5.2
Wheeze	2	0.8
Low chest wall indrawing	2	0.8
Headache	25	10.1
Altered consciousness	4	1.6
Loss of smell sensation	11	4.4
Loss of taste sensation	12	4.8
*Baseline vital signs*	mean ±SD (range)
Temperature (Celsius)^*	37.32 ± 0.75 (36-39.4)
Respiratory rate^*	20.65 ±4.31(9-40)
Heart rate^*	92.71 ±16.50 (39-153)
Systolic blood pressure^*	128.98 ±16.87 (90-191)
Diastolic blood pressure^*	73.99 ±10.81(41-115)
Oxygen saturation (%)^*	95.02 ± 6.91(20-100)

↵ ^* The variable has missing data. SD: standard deviation