Table 1.

Characteristics of SARS patients in ICU and non‐ICU groups

	Non‐ICU group	ICU group	Overall
Number	145	40	185
Median age, years (range)	34 (9–74)	50 (19–78)	36 (9–78)
Male : female ratio	1 : 2.37	1 : 1.05	1 : 1.98
Median time (days) from onset of symptoms to hospital admission (range)	4 (1–12)	5 (1–11)	4 (1–12)
Median time (days) from onset of symptoms to ICU admission (range)	NA	11 (5–16)	11 (5–16)
Co‐morbidity	14 (9.7%)	15 (37.5%)	29 (15.7%)
Mortality (%)	0/145 (0%)	18/40 (45%)	18/185 (9.7%)