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. 2020 Sep 9;370:m3339. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m3339

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics for derivation and validation cohorts of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19

Characteristics Derivation cohort Validation cohort
No of patients (%) or median (IQR) Total No (%) No of patients (%) or median (IQR) Total No (%)
Mortality in hospital 11 426 (32.2) 35 463 (100.0) 6729 (30.1) 22 361 (100.0)
Age (years)
 <50 4876 (13.8) 35 277 (99.5) 2808 (12.6) 22 361 (100.0)
 50-69 10 183 (28.9) 5762 (25.8)
 70-79 8017 (22.7) 4951 (22.1)
 ≥80 12 201 (34.6) 8840 (39.5)
Sex at birth
 Female 14 741 (41.7) 35 356 (99.7) 10 178 (45.6) 22 319 (99.8)
Ethnicity
 White 26 300 (82.2) 31 987 (90.2) 16 831 (84.9) 19 818 (88.6)
 South Asian 1647 (5.1) 811 (4.1)
 East Asian 271 (0.8) 140 (0.7)
 Black 1256 (3.9) 769 (3.9)
 Other ethnic minority 2513 (7.9) 1267 (6.4)
Chronic cardiac disease 10 513 (31.8) 33 090 (93.3) 7019 (34.0) 20 616 (92.2)
Chronic kidney disease 5653 (17.2) 32 834 (92.6) 3769 (18.4) 20 444 (91.4)
Malignant neoplasm 3312 (10.2) 32 556 (91.8) 2187 (10.8) 20 297 (90.8)
Moderate or severe liver disease 604 (1.9) 32 538 (91.8) 434 (2.1) 20 218 (90.4)
Obesity (clinician defined) 3414 (11.4) 29 829 (84.1) 2234 (12.2) 18 304 (81.9)
Chronic pulmonary disease (not asthma) 5830 (17.7) 32 990 (93.0) 3737 (18.2) 20 502 (91.7)
Diabetes (type 1 and 2) 8487 (26.0) 32 622 (92.0) 4275 (21.9) 19 511 (87.3)
No of comorbidities
 0 8497 (24.0) 35 463 (100.0) 5098 (22.8) 22 361 (100.0)
 1 9941 (28.0) 6114 (27.3)
 ≥2 17 025 (48.0) 11 149 (49.9)
Respiratory rate (breaths/min) 22.0 (9.0) 33 330 (94.0) 20.0 (8.0) 20 970 (93.8)
Oxygen saturation (%) 94.0 (6.0) 33 696 (95.0) 94.0 (5.0) 21 197 (94.8)
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 124.0 (33.0) 33 637 (94.9) 129.0 (33.0) 21 073 (94.2)
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 70.0 (19.0) 33 568 (94.7) 73.0 (20.0) 21 026 (94.0)
Temperature (ºC) 37.3 (1.5) 33 467 (94.4) 37.1 (1.5) 21 139 (94.5)
Heart rate (bpm) 90.0 (27.0) 33 405 (94.2) 90.0 (28.0) 20 991 (93.9)
Glasgow coma scale score 15.0 (0.0) 30 819 (86.9) 15.0 (0.0) 20 015 (89.5)
Haemoglobin (g/L) 129.0 (30.0) 29 924 (84.4) 127.0 (31.0) 18 480 (82.6)
White blood cell count (109/L) 7.4 (5.1) 29 740 (83.9) 7.6 (5.3) 18 362 (82.1)
Neutrophil count (109/L) 5.6 (4.6) 29 594 (83.5) 5.8 (4.9) 18 354 (82.1)
Lymphocyte count (109/L) 0.9 (0.7) 29 553 (83.3) 0.9 (0.7) 18 348 (82.1)
Platelet count (109/L) 216.0 (120.0) 29 582 (83.4) 223.0 (126.0) 18 281 (81.8)
Sodium (mmol/L) 137.0 (6.0) 29 522 (83.2) 137.0 (6.0) 18 409 (82.3)
Potassium (mmol/L) 4.1 (0.8) 27 224 (76.8) 4.1 (0.8) 16 926 (75.7)
Total bilirubin (mg/dL) 10.0 (7.0) 24 446 (68.9) 10.0 (7.0) 15 404 (68.9)
Urea (mmol/L) 7.0 (6.3) 26 122 (73.7) 7.3 (6.8) 16 863 (75.4)
Creatinine (μmol/L) 86.0 (53.0) 29 439 (83.0) 86.0 (56.0) 18 225 (81.5)
C reactive protein (mg/L) 84.9 (122.0) 27 856 (78.5) 78.0 (120.0) 17 119 (76.6)

Covid-19=coronavirus disease 2019; IQR=interquartile range.

Comorbidities were defined using the Charlson comorbidity index, with the addition of clinician defined obesity.