Table 1.
COVID-19 patient characteristics. Primary outcome of the patients was defined by WHO disease severity scale from 1-8. 3 = Hospitalized with mild disease and without oxygen therapy through mask or nasal prongs; 4 = Hospitalized with mild disease and with oxygen therapy through mask or nasal prongs; 8 = Dead.
| Total participants | n = 38 |
| Total samples included in analysis | n = 36 |
| Excluded samples | 2 |
| Age (years; mean ± SD) | 53.4 ± 12.4 |
| Gender (# and % of participants) | |
|---|---|
| Male | 19 (52.7%) |
| Female | 17 (47.3%) |
| Aged 61 and above (# of participants) | 16 |
| Male | 7 |
| Female | 9 |
| Young 60 and below (# of participants) | 20 |
| Male | 12 |
| Female | 8 |
| Aged- age range | 61 – 70 |
| Median | 64.24 |
| Young- age range | 27 – 60 |
| Median | 45.55 |
| Aged- severity range | 0 - 8 |
| Median | 4 |
| Young- severity range | 0 - 4 |
| Median | 3 |
| Aged-Number of patients with severe disease (Deceased) | 2 |
| Young-Number of patients with severe disease (Deceased) | 0 |
| Inclusion criteria | 1. Samples and data are contained within the UH Institutional COVID-19 and Coronavirus Biorepository 2. Age range: 18-89 3. Must be tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA, as confirmed through RT-PCR of the nasopharyngeal swabs |
| Exclusion criteria | Any sample or data not obtained in the UH Institutional COVID-19 and Coronavirus Biorepository |
| Non-hospitalized/Ambulatory (%) | 30.5 |
| Hospitalization (%) | 69.4 |
| For hospitalized-WHO disease severity scale* | 3, 4, and 8 |
| Hospitalized without oxygen therapy (%) | 32 |
| Hospitalized with oxygen therapy (%) | 60 |
| Length of stay (LOS)-Hospitalization | |
| (days; mean ± SD) | 7.6 ± 6.6 |
| LOS (%; < 7 days) | 56 |
| LOS (%; > 7 days) | 44 |