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. 2023 May 22. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.05.002

Table 4.

Symptoms and test results in cardiology patients.

Hospa intubated COVID-19 n=84 Hospa /not intubated COVID-19 n=266 p Hospa Non-hospa COVID-19 n=1000 Non-hospa SARS-CoV-2 neg/no test n=452 p Non-hospa Overall n=1802 p hospa vs. non-hospa
Demographics n /total (%) or median (IQRb)
Female sex 26 (31.0) 147 (55.3) 0.27 673 (67.3) 318 (70.4) 0.0002 1164 (64.6) 0.0002
BMIc 31.3 (26.7 – 36.5) 31.0 (27.0 – 37.0 0.91 27.9 (23.7 – 32.0) 26.0 (22.3 – 30.5) 0.008 28.3 (24.0 – 33.4) <0.0001
Age at first clinic visit (years) 56.0 (49.0 – 66.0) 56.0 (48.0 – 66.0) 0.89 45.0 (35.0 – 55.3) 43.0 (34.0 – 54.0) 0.15 47 (36-57.8) <0.0001
Acute COVID to first clinic visit (months) 7.1 (3.7 – 9.7) 5.6 (2.8 – 9.3) 0.13 6.1 (3.7 – 9.9) 9.7 (6.3 – 15.1) <0.0001 8.0 (3.9 – 11.1) <0.0001
Race n /total (%)
White 41 (48.8) 161 (60.5) 0.08 734 (73.4) 352 (77.9) 0.08 1288 (71.5) <0.0001
Black or African American 19 (22.6) 53 (19.9) 0.71 89 (8.9) 27 (6.0) 0.07 188 (10.4) <0.0001
Asian 3 (3.6) 7 (2.6) 0.94 41 (4.2) 14 (3.1) 0.44 65 (3.6) 0.50
American Indian or Alaska Native 1 (1.2) 1 (0.4) 0.97 2 (0.2) 1 (0.2) 1 5 (0.3) 0.55
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0 (0) 1 (0.4) 1 1 (0.1) 2 (0.4) 0.48 4 (0.2) 1
Other 20 (23.8) 43 (16.2) 0.15 133 (13.3) 56 (12.4) 0.69 252 (14.0) 0.02
Ethnicity n /total (%)
Hispanic or Latino 25 (29.8) 48 (18.0) 0.03 128 (12.8) 36 (8.0) 0.009 237 (13.2) <0.0001
Not Hispanic or Latino 56 (66.7) 208 (78.2) 0.05 821 (82.1) 385 (85.2) 0.17 1470(81.6) 0.001
Other 3 (3.6) 10 (3.8) 1 51 (5.1) 31 (6.9) 0.22 95 (5.3) 0.19

Statistical testing: Hypothesis testing for dichotomous variables was performed with chi squared test (n≥50) or Fisher's exact test (n<50). Hypothesis testing for continuous variables was performed with Mann-Whitney U test.

Abbreviations:aHosp: previous hospitalization for COVID-19. bEcho: echocardiogram. cLVEF: Left ventricular ejection fraction. dLV: left ventricle. eRV: right ventricle. fTAPSE: tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion. gcMRI: cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. hIQR: Inter-quartile range. iVT: Ventricular tachycardia. jBPM: beats per minute. jPOTS: Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.