Table 1.

Patient Group Characteristics—Medical

Variable	Severe CAP	Non-severe CAP	p value
	n = 21	n = 19
	n (%)	n (%)
Demographics
Age > 65	10 (48)	2 (11)	0.035
Age, median (IQR)	63.5 (20)	51.5 (7.5)	<0.001
Male gender	19 (90)	15 (79)	1
Nursing home resident	1 (5)	1 (5)	1
Past medical history
Smoking	7 (33)	9 (47)	0.335
Neurologic diseases	0 (0)	3 (16)	0.089
Cerebrovascular diseases	6 (29)	0 (0)	0.022
Chronic heart failure	11 (52)	2 (11)	0.008
COPD	11 (52)	3 (16)	0.049
Diabetes mellitus	8 (38)	4 (21)	0.322
HIV infection	0 (0)	3 (16)	0.083
Acute renal diseases	3 (14)	0 (0)	0.238
Chronic renal diseases	3 (14)	2 (11)	1
Hepatic diseases	2 (10)	0 (0)	0.49
Neoplastic diseases	4 (19)	0 (0)	0.11
Hyperlipidemia	11 (52)	4 (21)	0.104
Statin therapy	8 (38)	3 (16)	0.286
Clinical, laboratory and radiological findings
Altered mental status	3 (14)	0 (0)	0.238
Pleural effusion	9 (43)	3 (16)	0.165
ICU admission	10 (48)	3 (16)	0.09
HCAP	5 (24)	5 (27)	0.731
Pneumococcal Pna	5 (24)	4 (21)	1
Macrolide therapy	5 (24)	9 (47)	0.101
Early TCS (<3 days)	11 (52)	15 (79)	0.046
Clinical outcomes
In-hospital mortality	2 (10)	1 (5)	1
30 day mortality	1 (5)	1 (5)	1
30 day rehospitalization	2 (10)	1 (5)	1

COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, HCAP health care-associated pneumonia, Pna pneumonia