Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Admissions of patients with Sarcoidosis (N = 11,294) | |
|---|---|
| Patients/admissions characteristics | |
| Female, N (%) | 5975 (52.9) |
| Age (years) (Mean, SD) | 62.8 (15.8) |
| Ethnicity, N (%) | |
| Arabic | 263 (2.3) |
| Asian | 22 (0.2) |
| Black | 152 (1.3) |
| Caucasian | 8568 (75.9) |
| Hindu | 12 (0.1) |
| Latin/Hispanic | 115 (1) |
| Sarcoidosis activity-related admission, N (%) | 2001 (17.7) |
| Age (years) (Mean, SD) | 53.9 (15.8) |
| Neoplasm-related admission, N (%) | 759 (6.7) |
| Age (years) (Mean, SD) | 63.8 (13.4) |
| Sarcoidosis organ involvement, N (%) | |
| Lung | 4921 (43.6) |
| Nodal | 1397 (12.4) |
| Skin | 238 (2.1) |
| Central nervous system | 60 (0.5) |
| Eye | 53 (0.5) |
| Kidney | 93 (0.8) |
| Heart | 151 (1.3) |
| Articular | 106 (0.9) |
| Myositis | 29 (0.3) |
| Others | 1609 (9.5) |
| Outcomes | |
| Deaths, N (%) | 496 (4.4) |
| Age (years) (Mean, SD) | 72.9 (12.2) |
| From sarcoidosis activity | 43 (8.7) |
| Age (years) (Mean, SD) | 70 (11.3) |
| From neoplasms | 77 (15.5) |
| Age (years) (Mean, SD) | 67.7 (13.3) |
| Admission-length (days), (Mean, SD) | 8.4 (10) |
| ICU admission, N (%) | 643 (5.7) |
| ICU admission length (days), (Mean, SD) | 5.7 (9.3) |
SD: Standard deviation, ICU: Intensive care unit.