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. 2020 Jun 6;135:242–250. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2020.06.001

Table 1.

Main clinical and cancer-related characteristics of patients with active cancer treatment admitted due to COVID19 infection.

Demographics All patients (N = 63)
Age <50 years 4 (6%)
50–70 years 36 (57%)
>70 years 23 (37%)
Sex Male 34 (54%)
Female 29 (46%)
Race Caucasian 54 (86%)
Latin American 4 (6%)
Others 5 (8%)
Smoking history
Never smoker 29 (46%)
Former smoker 27 (43%)
Current smoker
7 (11%)

Comorbidities
No
Yes
 Previous anaemia 53 (84%) 10 (16%)
 Hypertension 30 (48%) 33 (52%)
 Diabetes 52 (83%) 11 (17%)
 Chronic kidney disease 58 (92%) 5 (8%)
 Cardiopathy 51 (80%) 12 (19%)
 Chronic pulmonary disease 49 (78%) 14 (22%)
 Previous VTED 50 (79%) 13 (21%)
 ACEi/ARBs treatment 53 (84%) 10 (16%)
 Anticoagulant therapy 50 (79%) 13 (21%)
 Chronic corticosteroids 48 (76%) 15 (24%)
 >10 mg NA
12 (19%)
 <10 mg
3 (5%)
Cancer-related characteristics
No
Yes
 Metastatic disease 11(18%) 52(82%)
 Oligometastatic NA 36 (57%)
 Polymetastatic 16 (25%)
 Tumour pulmonary involvement 38 (60%) 25 (40%)
 Active cancer treatment 2 (4%) 61 (96%)
 Chemotherapy NA 36 (58%)
 Endocrine 10 (15%)
 Target therapy 7 (11%)
I mmunotherapy 8 (12%)

Numbers are expressed as n (%).

VTE, venous thromboembolic disease; ACEi/ARBs, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blockers.