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. 2020 Jun 11;34(8):2163–2172. doi: 10.1038/s41375-020-0910-1

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of survivors and non-survivors with COVID-19.

Total
n = 1449
Alive
n = 1327
Died
n = 122
P value
Characteristics
Age, median (IQR), years 57 (42, 66) 55 (41, 65) 69 (63, 78) <0.001
Age distribution
 <40 years 306 (21) 305 (23) 1 (0.8)
 40–59 years 501 (35) 481 (36) 20 (16)
 60–79 years 576 (40) 499 (38) 77 (63)
 ≥80 years 66 (5) 42 (3) 24 (20)
Female sex 716 (49) 684 (52) 32 (26) <0.001
Smoking history 83 (6) 66 (5) 17 (15) <0.001
Health care provider 71 (6) 69 (7) 2 (2) 0.038
Exposure history 0.026
 Huanan Seafood Market 4 (0.28) 2 (0.15) 2 (2)
 Close contact with patients 94 (6) 89 (7) 5 (4)
Signs and symptoms
 Temperature (°C) 36.7 (36.4, 37.1) 36.6 (36.4, 37.0) 36.8 (36.5, 37.8) <0.001
 Shortness of breath 520 (37) 456 (35) 64 (66) <0.001
 Dry cough 485 (43) 437 (43) 48 (44) 0.824
 Wet cough 551 (38) 491 (37) 60 (50) 0.006
 Fatigue 531 (37) 466 (35) 65 (54) <0.001
 Nausea or vomiting 88 (6) 83 (6) 5 (4) 0.43
 Diarrhea 186 (13) 170 (13) 16 (13) 0.897
 Chill 226 (16) 194 (15) 32 (26) <0.001
 Runny nose 30 (2) 28 (2) 2 (1.6) 0.999
 Myalgia 255 (18) 231 (17) 24 (20) 0.502
 Headache 89 (6) 84 (6) 5 (4) 0.43
Staging <0.001
 Mild 29 (2) 29 (2) 0 (0)
 Moderate 956 (66) 951 (72) 5 (4)
 Severe 347 (24) 332 (25) 15 (12)
 Critical 117 (8) 15 (1) 102 (84)
Imaging features
 Bilateral pneumonia 1215 (87) 1117 (86) 98 (95) 0.01
 Consolidation 242 (18) 207 (16) 35 (35) <0.001
 Ground-glass opacity 1041 (75) 974 (76) 67 (67) 0.059
 Patchy shadows 579 (42) 532 (41) 47 (47) 0.218
Complications
 ARDS 144 (10) 37 (3) 107 (88) <0.001
 Bacterial infections 392 (27) 288 (22) 104 (85) <0.001
 Septic shock 45 (4) 1 (0.1) 44 (40) <0.001
 Acute kidney injury 49 (3) 7 (0.5) 42 (34) <0.001
 Cardiac injury 125 (9) 58 (4) 67 (55) <0.001
 Liver damage 826 (57) 721 (54) 105 (86) <0.001
 Gastrointestinal bleeding 20 (1) 4 (0.3) 16 (13) <0.001
 Coagulopathy 28 (2) 0 (0) 28 (23) <0.001
 Multiple organ failure 72 (5) 3 (0.2) 69 (57) <0.001
Treatments
 Antibiotics 1203 (85) 1084 (83) 119 (98) <0.001
 Antimycotics 44 (3) 17 (1) 27 (22) <0.001
 Oseltamivir 604 (42) 564 (43) 40 (33) 0.037
 Umifenovir 1099 (76) 1004 (76) 95 (78) 0.688
 Lopinavir and Ritonavir 276 (24) 232 (23) 44 (40) <0.001
 Interferon 297 (21) 269 (20) 28 (23) 0.483
 Corticosteroids 576 (40) 471 (35) 105 (86) <0.001
 Intravenous immunoglobin 381 (28) 314 (25) 67 (55) <0.001
 High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy 156 (14) 59 (6) 97 (88) <0.001
 Noninvasive mechanical ventilation 98 (7) 21 (2) 77 (63) <0.001
 Invasive mechanical ventilation 54 (4) 7 (0.5) 47 (39) <0.001
 ECMO 4 (0.4) 1 (0.1) 3 (3) 0.003
Outcomes
 ICU admission 63 (4) 23 (2) 40 (33) <0.001
 Time from illness onset to ICU admission, median (IQR), days 14 (10, 19) 10 (8, 18) 15 (12, 20) 0.141
 ICU length of stay, median (IQR), days 12 (5, 21) 11 (8, 21) 12 (4, 21) 0.619
 Time from illness onset to repeated negatively tests of SARS-CoV-2, median (IQR), days 22 (17, 28) 22 (17, 28) 19 (12, 26) 0.066
 Time from illness onset to admission, median (IQR), days 10 (7, 15) 10 (7, 16) 10 (7, 12) 0.017
 Time from illness onset to progression, median (IQR), days 10 (7, 14) 10 (6, 14) 12 (9, 19) 0.001
 Time from illness onset to outcome, median (IQR), days 30 (23, 37) 30 (24, 38) 21 (15, 29) <0.001
 Time from diagnosis to outcome, median (IQR), days 19 (13, 27) 20 (13, 27) 11 (5, 17) <0.001
 Time from admission to outcome, median (IQR), days 18 (13, 23) 18 (13, 23) 11 (6, 20) <0.001

IQR interquartile ranges, ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome, ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ICU intensive care unit, SARS-CoV-2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.