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. 2020 Aug 18;26(12):1663–1669. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.08.011

Table 3.

Mortality rate among all hospitalized patients and among patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU)

All hospitalized patients
Patients admitted to the ICU
Number of patients Number of deaths Mortality rate
(95%CI)
Mean FU duration (d)a Hazard ratio
(95%CI)b
Number of patients Number of deaths Mortality rate
(95%CI)
Mean FU duration (d)c Hazard ratio
(95%CI)b
Total No. 1835 317 0.17 (0.16–0.19) 13.07 374 109 0.29 (0.25–0.34) 15.92
Female sex 898 146 0.16 (0.14–0.19) 12.99 1.00 (ref) 135 42 0.31 (0.23–0.39) 15.76 1.00 (ref)
Male sex 937 171 0.18 (0.16–0.21) 13.15 1.45 (1.15–1.83)d 239 67 0.28 (0.22–0.34) 16.01 1.10 (0.72–1.68)
Age groups:
 Age <60 years 527 13 0.02 (0.01–0.04) 8.92 0.33 (0.16–0.68)d 76 7 0.09 (0.03–0.16) 17.21 0.62 (0.23–1.67)
 Age 60–69 years 274 24 0.09 (0.05–0.12) 12.91 1.00 (ref) 84 12 0.14 (0.07–0.22) 16.26 1.00 (ref)
 Age 70–79 years 400 89 0.22 (0.18–0.26) 14.52 2.75 (1.69–4.47)e 111 46 0.41 (0.32–0.51) 15.64 3.52 (1.77–7.01)e
 Age >79 years 634 191 0.30 (0.27–0.34) 15.73 4.11 (2.57–6.58)e 103 44 0.43 (0.33–0.52) 15.03 3.68 (1.82–7.42)e
Symptoms on admission:
 Fever 725 130 0.18 (0.15–0.21) 12.79 1.33 (1.04–1.70)f 225 64 0.28 (0.23–0.34) 15.51 1.08 (0.71–1.64)
 Diarrhoea 168 25 0.15 (0.09–0.20) 12.95 0.87 (0.58–1.32) 44 9 0.20 (0.09–0.32) 15.70 0.59 (0.28–1.25)
 Muscle or body ache 126 9 0.07 (0.03–0.12) 10.96 0.66 (0.33–1.32) 25 5 0.20 (0.04–0.36) 19.04 0.67 (0.26–1.73)
 Cough 636 92 0.14 (0.12–0.17) 12.32 0.76 (0.58–0.99)f 166 42 0.25 (0.19–0.32) 16.51 0.88 (0.58–1.35)
 Rhinorrhoea 55 8 0.15 (0.05–0.24) 10.65 1.11 (0.54–2.32) 17 4 0.24 (0.03–0.44) 12.71 1.00 (0.34–2.93)
Comorbidities:
 Diabetes 258 57 0.22 (0.17–0.27) 15.67 1.02 (0.75–1.38) 84 25 0.30 (0.20–0.40) 17.92 0.94 (0.57–1.55)
 Malignancy 91 29 0.32 (0.22–0.41) 18.61 1.38 (0.94–2.05) 23 10 0.43 (0.23–0.64) 17.91 1.81 (0.85–3.82)
 Cardiovascular diseases 613 156 0.25 (0.22–0.29) 14.70 1.31 (1.02–1.70)f 166 57 0.34 (0.27–0.42) 15.20 1.02 (0.67–1.56)
 Lung disease 199 57 0.29 (0.22–0.35) 15.99 1.61 (1.20–2.16)d 61 27 0.44 (0.32–0.57) 16.87 1.68 (1.04–2.72)f

FU, follow up; CI, confidence interval; ref, reference; HR, hazard ratio.

a

Mean follow-up for all patients, gender and age based on 1904 and 399 patients and for symptoms and comorbidities based on 1709 and 354 patients for death among all patients hospitalized and admitted to the ICU, respectively.

b

Hazard ratios adjusted for all variables listed in the table and calculated with data of 1709 patients and 354 for death among all patients hospitalized and admitted to the ICU, respectively.

c

Mean follow-up for all patients, gender and age based on 399 patients and for symptoms and comorbidities based on 354 patients.

d

p < 0.01 according to the Wald test.

e

p < 0.001 according to the Wald test.

f

p < 0.05 according to the Wald test.