Table 1.
Association between the final outcome and the selected independent variables.
| Independent variables | Total (302) | Final outcome |
p-Value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery (237) | Death (65) | |||
| Patient age, years | 67.0 (57.0–77.0) | 64.0 (54.0–73.3) | 77.0 (70.5–81.0) | <0.0001 |
| Patient sex | ||||
| Male | 194 (64.2) | 144 (47.7) | 50 (16.6) | 0.0162 |
| Female | 108 (35.8) | 93 (30.8) | 15 (5.0) | |
| Brixia score | 8.0 (5.0–11.0) | 7.0 (4.0–10.0) | 11.0 (9–13.0) | <0.0001 |
| Hypertension | ||||
| Yes | 154 (51.0) | 112 (37.1) | 42 (13.9) | 0.0133 |
| No | 148 (49.0) | 125 (41.4) | 23 (7.6) | |
| Cardiovascular disease | ||||
| Yes | 126 (41.7) | 84 (27.8) | 42 (13.9) | <0.0001 |
| No | 176 (58.3) | 153 (50.7) | 23 (7.6) | |
| Diabetes | ||||
| Yes | 38 (12.6) | 25 (8.3) | 13 (4.3) | 0.0422 |
| No | 264 (87.4) | 212 (70.2) | 52 (17.2) | |
| Chronic obstructive/restrictive lung disease | ||||
| Yes | 44 (14.6) | 31 (10.3) | 13 (4.3) | 0.1620 |
| No | 258 (85.4) | 206 (68.2) | 52 (17.2) | |
| Oncological history within the past 5 years | ||||
| Yes | 56 (18.5) | 36 (11.9) | 20 (6.6) | 0.0043 |
| No | 246 (81.5) | 201 (66.6) | 45 (14.9) | |
| T/D inducing immunosupppresion | ||||
| Yes | 98 (32.5) | 62 (20.5) | 36 (11.9) | <0.0001 |
| No | 204 (67.5) | 175 (57.9) | 29 (9.6) | |
Data are presented as numbers (%) or medians (interquartile range); *p-values obtained by Mann–Whitney U test or chi-square test; T/D, therapy or disease.