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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 5.
Published in final edited form as: Harv Data Sci Rev. 2024 Jan 31;6(1):10.1162/99608f92.9d86a749. doi: 10.1162/99608f92.9d86a749

TABLE A2.

Summary of descriptive characteristics for the study population of 2,289 patients and stratified by predominant COVID-19 variant at diagnosis.

Characteristic Overall1
n = 2,289
Original1
n = 1,528
Alpha1
n = 320
Delta1
n = 441
p-value2
Age, years 61 (43, 72) 62 (47, 73) 59 (36, 70) 59 (38, 72) <0.001
Sex 0.8
 Female 938 (41%) 630 (41%) 126 (39%) 182 (41%)
 Male 1,351 (59%) 898 (59%) 194 (61%) 259 (59%)
Race <0.001
 White 1,610 (70%) 1,030 (67%) 229 (72%) 351 (80%)
 Black 436 (19%) 326 (21%) 58 (18%) 52 (12%)
 Other/Unknown 243 (11%) 172 (11%) 33 (10%) 38 (8.6%)
Ethnicity 0.9
 Hispanic or Latino 101 (4.4%) 64 (4.2%) 15 (4.7%) 22 (5.0%)
 Non-Hispanic or Latino 2,104 (92%) 1,409 (92%) 291 (91%) 404 (92%)
 Refused/Unknown 84 (3.7%) 55 (3.6%) 14 (4.4%) 15 (3.4%)
Body Mass Index 29 (24, 34) 29 (25, 34) 29 (23, 33) 28 (24, 34) 0.3
Alcohol Abuse 310 (14%) 222 (15%) 36 (11%) 52 (12%) 0.15
Blood Loss, Anemia 519 (23%) 386 (25%) 66 (21%) 67 (15%) <0.001
Cardiac Arrhythmias 1,795 (78%) 1,230 (80%) 238 (74%) 327 (74%) 0.003
Chronic Pulmonary Disease 1,094 (48%) 790 (52%) 133 (42%) 171 (39%) <0.001
Coagulopathy 944 (41%) 672 (44%) 121 (38%) 151 (34%) <0.001
Congestive Heart Failure 1,029 (45%) 733 (48%) 135 (42%) 161 (37%) <0.001
Deficiency, Anemia 725 (32%) 551 (36%) 80 (25%) 94 (21%) <0.001
Depression 1,001 (44%) 717 (47%) 139 (43%) 145 (33%) <0.001
Diabetes 1,048 (46%) 755 (49%) 126 (39%) 167 (38%) <0.001
Drug Abuse 416 (18%) 299 (20%) 49 (15%) 68 (15%) 0.050
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders 1,768 (77%) 1,218 (80%) 217 (68%) 333 (76%) <0.001
Hypertension 1,712 (75%) 1,207 (79%) 226 (71%) 279 (63%) <0.001
Hypothyroidism 528 (23%) 379 (25%) 70 (22%) 79 (18%) 0.009
Liver Disease 708 (31%) 506 (33%) 88 (28%) 114 (26%) 0.005
Lymphoma 225 (9.8%) 156 (10%) 37 (12%) 32 (7.3%) 0.10
Metastatic Cancer 516 (23%) 355 (23%) 78 (24%) 83 (19%) 0.10
Obesity 1,137 (50%) 783 (51%) 163 (51%) 191 (43%) 0.012
Neurological Disorders 802 (35%) 587 (38%) 98 (31%) 117 (27%) <0.001
Paralysis 329 (14%) 243 (16%) 44 (14%) 42 (9.5%) 0.003
Peptic Ulcer Disease, Excluding Bleeding 290 (13%) 205 (13%) 45 (14%) 40 (9.1%) 0.039
Peripheral Vascular Disorders 917 (40%) 653 (43%) 129 (40%) 135 (31%) <0.001
Psychoses 294 (13%) 221 (14%) 36 (11%) 37 (8.4%) 0.002
Pulmonary Circulation Disorders 778 (34%) 555 (36%) 104 (32%) 119 (27%) 0.001
Renal Failure 1,017 (44%) 757 (50%) 121 (38%) 139 (32%) <0.001
Autoimmune Diseases 407 (18%) 293 (19%) 56 (18%) 58 (13%) 0.014
Solid Tumor Without Metastasis 520 (23%) 360 (24%) 73 (23%) 87 (20%) 0.2
Valvular Disease 698 (30%) 505 (33%) 85 (27%) 108 (24%) <0.001
Weight Loss 822 (36%) 614 (40%) 100 (31%) 108 (24%) <0.001
Oxygen Saturation 95.57 (93.75, 97.28) 95.56 (93.80, 97.29) 95.53 (93.96, 97.50) 95.67 (93.50, 97.10) 0.7
Temperature 98.30 (97.93, 98.81) 98.33 (97.95, 98.93) 98.18 (97.87, 98.59) 98.30 (97.92, 98.69) <0.001
Respiratory Rate 19.7 (17.8, 24.0) 19.5 (17.8, 23.7) 19.6 (17.3, 23.2) 20.5 (18.0, 24.9) 0.003
Diastolic Blood Pressure 67 (61, 74) 67 (61, 74) 67 (60, 74) 66 (60, 74) 0.4
Systolic Blood Pressure 122 (110, 137) 123 (110, 138) 121 (110, 136) 120 (109, 135) 0.3
Heart Rate 85 (73, 98) 85 (74, 98) 84 (73, 95) 85 (73, 99) 0.5
Respiratory Support 0.6
 No Respiratory Support 1,376 (71%) 918 (72%) 189 (69%) 269 (70%)
 Respiratory Support 563 (29%) 362 (28%) 84 (31%) 117 (30%)
Affluence Quartile <0.001
 1 530 (25%) 391 (27%) 66 (22%) 73 (18%)
 2 496 (23%) 327 (23%) 72 (24%) 97 (23%)
 3 547 (25%) 333 (23%) 79 (27%) 135 (32%)
 4 590 (27%) 398 (27%) 81 (27%) 111 (27%)
Disadvantage Quartile <0.001
 1 659 (30%) 398 (27%) 103 (35%) 158 (38%)
 2 547 (25%) 354 (24%) 79 (27%) 114 (27%)
 3 445 (21%) 316 (22%) 49 (16%) 80 (19%)
 4 512 (24%) 381 (26%) 67 (22%) 64 (15%)
Ethnic Immigration Quartile 0.011
 1 1,004 (46%) 643 (44%) 137 (46%) 224 (54%)
 2 777 (36%) 533 (37%) 114 (38%) 130 (31%)
 3 336 (16%) 240 (17%) 38 (13%) 58 (14%)
 4 46 (2.1%) 33 (2.3%) 9 (3.0%) 4 (1.0%)
Education Quartile <0.001
 1 750 (35%) 478 (33%) 113 (38%) 159 (38%)
 2 708 (33%) 450 (31%) 100 (34%) 158 (38%)
 3 518 (24%) 378 (26%) 59 (20%) 81 (19%)
 4 187 (8.6%) 143 (9.9%) 26 (8.7%) 18 (4.3%)
Vaccination Status 0.002
 Not Vaccinated 1,914 (84%) 1,255 (82%) 262 (82%) 397 (90%)
 Partially Vaccinated 84 (3.7%) 61 (4.0%) 15 (4.7%) 8 (1.8%)
 Fully Vaccinated 291 (13%) 212 (14%) 43 (13%) 36 (8.2%)
1

Median (Q1, Q3); n (%)

2

Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test; Pearson’s Chi-squared test