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. 2023 Mar;23(1):72–82. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v23i1.9

Table 1.

Socio-demographic and baseline characteristics of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 at the University College Hospital, Ibadan

Characteristics Overall total
n (%)
Dead
n (%)
Alive
n (%)
Chi-square p-value
Age mean (SD)
(Years)
60.9±16.1 61.8±17.4 60.0±14.9 0.532* 0.596
Age group
20–29 4 (4.7) 2 (50.0) 2 (50.0) ** 0.26
30–39 5 (5.8) 4 (80.0) 1 (20.0)
40–49 11 (12.8) 3 (37.5) 8 (62.5)
50–59 12 (14.0) 4 (33.3) 8 (66.7)
60–69 29 (33.7) 13 (44.8) 16 (65.2)
70–79 11 (12.8) 8 (72.7) 3 (27.3)
80+ 14 (16.3) 7 (50.0) 7 (50.0)
Sex
Male 53 (61.6) 24 (35.3) 29 (64.7) 0.317 0.574
Female 33 (38.4) 17 (51.5) 16 (48.5)
Contact with
Known Positive
Yes 3 (3.5) 0 (0.0) 3 (100.0) 2.832 0.092
No 83 (96.5) 41 (49.4) 42 (50.6)
Comorbidities
Presence of any
Comorbidity
77(89.5) 41(53.2) 36(46.8) 0.250 0.617
Hypertensive
(n=84)
54 (64.3) 24 (44.4) 30 (55.6) 0.239 0.625
Diabetic (n=84) 36 (42.9) 20 (55.6) 16 (44.4) 2.110 0.146
Heart disease 17 (19.8) 4 (23.5) 13 (76.5) 4.952 0.026
Kidney disease 17 (19.8) 7 (41.2) 10 (58.8) 0.359 0.549
Cancer 7 (8.1) 4 (57.1) 3 (42.9) 0.274 0.601
Severity of
COVID-19
Mild 6 (7.0) 0(0.0) 6(100.0) ** 0.079
Moderate 23(26.7) 6(26.1) 17(73.9)
Severe 51(59.3) 29(56.9) 22(43.1)
Critical 6(7.0) 6(100.0) 0(0.0)
*

Independent t-test