Table 3.
Patient comorbidities by disease severity
| All patients (N = 223) |
Mild–moderate disease (N = 178) |
Severe–critical disease (N = 45) |
p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Hypertension | 74 | 33.2 | 49 | 27.5 | 25 | 55.6 | < 0.001 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 41 | 18.4 | 28 | 15.7 | 13 | 28.9 | 0.042 |
| Chronic lung disease | 18 | 8.1 | 12 | 6.7 | 6 | 13.3 | 0.147 |
| Coronary artery disease | 17 | 7.6 | 13 | 7.3 | 4 | 8.9 | 0.754 |
| Renal disease | 12 | 5.4 | 7 | 3.9 | 5 | 11.1 | 0.069 |
| Previous nasal surgery | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4.5 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.691 |
| Autoimmune disease | 7 | 3.1 | 5 | 2.8 | 2 | 4.4 | 0.631 |
| Chronic rhinosinusitis | 7 | 3.1 | 1 | 2.2 | 6 | 3.4 | 1 |
| Neurologic disease | 5 | 2.2 | 4 | 2.2 | 1 | 2.2 | 1 |
| Cancer | 4 | 1.8 | 2 | 1.1 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.182 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.364 |
| Previous oropharyngeal surgery | 2 | 0.9 | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
N patient number in group, n patient number with the trait
p value for mild disease group vs. severe disease group