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Vital Signs During the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Retrospective Analysis of 19,960 Participants in Wuhan and Four Nearby Capital Cities in China Cover

Vital Signs During the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Retrospective Analysis of 19,960 Participants in Wuhan and Four Nearby Capital Cities in China

Open Access
|Jul 2021

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Participants flow chart.

Table 1

Characteristics before city lockdown of participants in and outside of Wuhan.

All (n = 19,960)Wuhan (n = 3,380)Out of Wuhan (n = 16580)
Age, yrs35.7 (11.3)/1996035.7 (11.6)35.7 (11.3)
Men, N (%)17948/19960 (89.9%)3056 (90.4%)14892 (89.8%)
Body mass index, kg/m224.1 (3.7)/1973324.2 (3.7)24.1 (3.7)
Pre-lockdown data from device
Atrial fibrillation, N (%)40/11985 (0.3%)6 (0.3%)34 (0.3%)
Sleep duration, hours7.1 (1.1)/128947.2 (1.1)7.1 (1.1)
Deep sleep ratio, %25.3 (7.8)/1289425.6 (7.8)25.3 (7.8)
Resting heart rate, bpm66.9 (4.7)/1217666.8 (4.5)66.9 (4.7)
Steps, N9542.1 (3703.9)/146019267.6 (3616.7)9602.1 (3720.1)
Oxygen saturation, %96.3 (0.5)/246396.3 (0.5)96.3 (0.5)

[i] Data are presented as mean (standard deviation) or No. (Proportions). BPM, beats per minute. The pre-lockdown atrial fibrillation, sleep time, heart rate, steps are mean levels from 26 December 2019 to city lockdown (22 January 2020).

Figure 2

Time series of vital signs before and after lockdown. Resting heart rate (a), Sleep duration (b), deep sleep ratio (c), steps (d), oxygen saturation (e) and proportion of atrial fibrillation (f). Fitted trend lines show predicted values from the segmented regression analysis for vital signs or AF before and after lockdown.

Table 2

Segmented regression analysis of change in vital signs and atrial fibrillation after the lockdown.

Change in levelChange in slope
Mean95% CIP valueMean95% CIP value
Resting heart rate, beats–1.073–1.757–0.3890.003–0.084–0.121–0.046<0.001
Sleep duration, hr0.5260.2800.772<0.001–0.009–0.0230.0050.183
Deep sleep ratio, %–0.868–1.157–0.578<0.0010.0220.0060.0380.008
Steps–3352–4333–2370<0.001–40.72–94.0012.560.131
Oxygen saturation, %–0.023–0.0560.0090.1590.0030.0010.0050.010
Atrial fibrillation, %0.065–0.0420.1730.2290.004–0.0020.0100.207

[i] CI, confidence interval.

Table 3

Segmented regression analysis for the difference of vital signs after lockdown according to anxiety and depression (Yes vs. No). The anxiety or depression were defined as >7 in HADs anxiety or depression score.

AnxietyDepression
Difference95% CIP valueDifference95% CIP value
Resting heart rate, beats–0.036–0.2330.1610.7190.199–0.0280.4260.086
Sleep duration, hr0.2070.1460.269<0.0010.1370.0670.207<0.001
Deep sleep ratio, %0.0080.0040.011<0.0010.0190.0150.023<0.001
Steps–153.867–317.0149.2790.065–493.903–681.783–306.023<0.001
Oxygen saturation, %0.028–0.0090.0660.141–0.092–0.137–0.046<0.001

[i] CI, confidence interval.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.913 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 31, 2020
Accepted on: Jul 2, 2021
Published on: Jul 13, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2021 Jing-Wei Li, Yu-Tao Guo, Gian Luca Di Tanna, Bruce Neal, Yun-Dai Chen, Aletta E. Schutte, published by Ubiquity Press
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