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. 2022 Dec 21;4(4):244–251. doi: 10.36519/idcm.2022.169

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of emergently hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.

non-ICU ICU p Survive Death Total p
Age (year) mean ± SD 70.4±13.8 74.5±14.3 0.029* 70.6±14.4 77±10.9 71.6±14 0.007*

Gender n (%)
 Female 65 (35.7) 29 (38.2) 0.710 79 (36.4) 15 (36.6) 94 (36.4) 0.982
 Male 117 (64.3) 47 (61.8) 138 (63.6) 26 (63.6) 164 (63.6)

Comorbidities n (%)
 Hypertension 69 (37.9) 32 (42.1) 0.529 79 (36.4) 22 (53.7) 101(39.1) 0.038
 DM 51 (28) 27 (35.5) 0.232 67 (30.9) 11 (26.8) 78 (30.2) 0.605
 COPD 70 (38.5) 27 (35.5) 0.657 86 (39.6) 11 (26.8) 97 (36.7) 0.121
 CVD 42 (23.1) 25 (32.9) 0.101 53 (24.4) 14 (34.1) 67 (26) 0.193
 CKD 22 (12.1) 13 (17.1) 0.283 28 (12.9) 7 (17.1) 35 (13.6) 0.475
 Malignancy 13 (7.1) 6 (7.9) 0.833 13 (6) 6 (14.6) 19 (7.4) 0.052

CURB-65 score n (%)
 0 or 1 81 (44.5) 12 (15.8) <0.001 89 (41) 4 (9.8) 93 (36) <0.001
 2 81 (44.5) 27 (35.5) 95 (43.8) 13 (31.7) 108 (41.9)
 ≥ 3 20 (11) 37 (48.7) 33 (15.2) 24 (58.5) 57 (22.1)

qCSI score n (%)
 ≤ 3 68 (37.4) 7 (9.2) <0.001 69 (31.8) 6 (14.6) 75 (29.1) 0.004
 4-6 51 (28) 15 (19.7) 60 (27.6) 6 (14.6) 66 (25.6)
 7-9 30 (16.5) 21 (27.6) 37 (17.1) 14 (34.1) 51 (19.8)
 10-12 33 (18.1) 33 (43.7) 51 (23.5) 15 (36.6) 66 (25.6)

BCRSS score n (%)
 0 36 (19.8) 5 (6.6) <0.001 37 (17.1) 4 (9.8) 41 (15.9) 0.031
 1 57 (31.3) 11 (14.5) 62 (28.6) 6 (14.6) 68 (26.4)
 2 36 (19.8) 20 (26.3) 47 (21.7) 9 (22) 56 (21.7)
 3 34 (18.7) 26 (34.2) 43 (19.8) 17 (41.5) 60 (23.3)
 4 19 (10.4) 14 (18.4) 28 (12.9) 5 (12.2) 33 (12.8)
LOS in hospital median (day) (IQRs) 7 (6-10) 11 (7-20) <0.001** 8 (6-11) 11 (6.5-17.5) 8 (6-12) 0.015**

*p= Student's t-test,

**p= Mann-Whitney U test. The chi-square test calculated other p values.

ICU: Intensive care unit, SD: Standard deviation, DM: Diabetes mellitus, LOS: Length of stay, COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CVD: Cardiovascular disease, CKD: Chronic kidney disease, qCSI: Quick COVID-19 severity index, BCRSS: Brescia-COVID respiratory severity scale, IQR: Interquartile range.