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. 2020 Jul 30;47(2):89–95. doi: 10.1016/j.encep.2020.07.003

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (n = 1092).

Characteristics Total
n = 1092
n (%)
SCZ patients
n = 15
n (%)
Non-SCZ patients
n = 1077
n (%)
P-value
Sociodemographic data
 Age, median (IQR) — year 62.5 (51.0–76.0) 66.0 (63.0–72.0) 62.0 (51.0–76.0) 0.345
 < 18 year 19 (1.7) 0 (0.0) 19 (1.8) 0.714
 18–65 year 587 (53.8) 7 (46.7) 580 (53.9)
 > 65 year 486 (44.5) 8 (53.3) 478 (44.4)
 Male sex — No. (%) 593 (54.3) 11 (73.3) 582 (54.0) 0.136
Clinical data
 Smoker 125 (11.5) 5 (33.3) 120 (11.1) 0.021
 Weighta 0.710
  Normal weight 749 (68.6) 10 (66.7) 739 (68.6)
  Overweight 128 (11.7) 1 (6.7) 127 (11.8)
  Obesity 215 (19.7) 4 (26.7) 211 (19.6)
 Symptoms
  Agueusia and/or anosmia 184 (16.9) 2 (13.3) 182 (16.9) 0.999
  Digestive symptoms (diarrhea and/or nausea or vomiting) 250 (22.9) 4 (26.7) 246 (22.8) 0.758
  Respiratory symptoms (cough and/or pharyngitis and/or dyspnea and/or hemoptysis) 795 (72.8) 11 (73.3) 784 (72.8) 0.999
  General symptoms (asthenia and/or headache and/or myalgia/arthralgia) 532 (48.7) 3 (20.0) 529 (49.1) 0.025
 Comorbidities
  Charlson Comorbidity Index score 0.389
   0 540 (49.5) 8 (53.3) 532 (49.4)
   1–2 372 (34.1) 3 (20.0) 369 (34.3)
   ≥ 3 180 (16.5) 4 (26.7) 176 (16.3)
   Cancer 62 (5.7) 3 (20.0) 59 (5.5) 0.049
   Hypertension 393 (36.0) 0 (0.0) 393 (36.49) 0.003
   Myocardial infarction 38 (3.5) 1 (6.7) 37 (3.4) 0.412
   Congestive heart failure 104 (9.5) 2 (13.3) 102 (9.5) 0.647
   Chronic renal disease 90 (8.2) 1 (6.7) 89 (8.3) 0.999
   Asthma 71 (6.5) 1 (6.7) 70 (6.5) 0.999
   Chronic pulmonary disease 57 (5.2) 4 (26.7) 53 (4.9) 0.006
   Liver disease 33 (3.0) 0 (0.0) 33 (3.1) 0.999
   Diabetes 260 (23.4) 1 (6.7) 259 (24.1) 0.138
Vital signs
 Fever (≥ 38 °C) 680 (62.3) 10 (66.7) 670 (62.2) 0.723
 Heart rate ≥ 100 beats/min 174 (15.9) 3 (20.0) 171 (15.9) 0.719
 Respiratory rate > 24 cycles/min 229 (21.0) 7 (47.7) 222 (20.6) 0.022
Initial laboratory findings, median (IQR)
 White-cell count (×10−9/L) 5.9 (4.5–7.8) 6.2 (4.9–10.0) 5.9 (4.5–7.8) 0.270
 Platelet count (×10−9/L) 205.0 (159.0–255.0) 224.0 (184.0–277.0) 204.5 (159.0–255.0) 0.212
 C-reactive protein (mg/L) 44.3 (9.2–101.1) 52.0 (9.5–168.0) 44.2 (9.2–100.7) 0.378
 Creatine kinase (U/L) 98.0 (60.0–209.0) 213.5 (134.5–340.0) 98.0 (60.0–209.0) 0.015
 Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L) 287.0 (219.0–385.0) 324.0 (255.0–469.0) 287.0 (219.0–385.0) 0.355
 Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) 37.0 (27.0–55.0) 43.0 (35.0–59.0) 37.0 (27.0–55.0) 0.197
 Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) 27.0 (19.0–41.0) 30.0 (25.0–36.0) 27.0 (19.0–41.0) 0.571
 Total bilirubin (μmol/L) 7.0 (5.0–10.0) 4.5 (4.0–7.0) 7.0 (5.0–10.0) 0.006
 Creatinine (μmol/L) 77.0 (62.8–98.0) 83.1 (63.2–128.6) 77.0 (62.8–98.0) 0.437
 Sodium (mmol/L) 137.0 (135.0–140.0) 138.0 (135.0–140.0) 137.0 (135.0–140.0) 0.642
 Potassium (mmol/L) 4.0 (3.7–4.3) 4.0 (3.8–4.3) 4.0 (3.7–4.3) 0.704
COVID-19 treatment initiated at admission
 Hydroxychloroquine 584 (53.5) 5 (33.3) 579 (53.8) 0.115
 Hydroxychloroquine–azithromycin combination 399 (36.5) 5 (33.3) 394 (36.6) 0.795
 Antiviral agents 48 (4.4) 0 (0.0) 48 (4.5) 0.999
 Immunosuppressors 40 (3.7) 0 (0.0) 40 (3.7) 0.999

Symptoms and comorbidities based on the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases from the Programme de Médicalisation des Systèmes d’Information (PMSI) – French medico-administrative database based on diagnosis related-groups (DRG).

P-value in bold: statistical significance.

a

If body mass index (BMI) is 18.5 to < 25: normal weight; if BMI is 25.0 to < 30: overweight; if BMI is 30.0 or higher: obesity.