Table 1.

Baseline descriptive parameters of PCR positive hospitalized patients

	All	Survived	Died	p	N
Factors1	N = 161	N = 141	N = 20
Female gender	77 (47.8%)	67 (47.5%)	10 (50.0%)	1.000	161
Age (years)	61.0 [48.0;72.0]	59.0 [48.0;70.0]	74.5 [67.5;85.5]	< 0.001	161
Hypertension	57 (35.4%)	43 (30.5%)	14 (70.0%)	0.001	161
Diabetes	32 (20.6%)	26 (19.1%)	6 (31.6%)	0.230	155
ACEI: yes	32 (20.6%)	26 (19.1%)	6 (31.6%)	0.230	155
Elapsed time to ICU (days)	3.00 [0.00; 6.00]	3.00 [0.00; 6.00]	3.00 [0.50; 5.75]	0.984	31
Hospital stay (days)	2.00 [1.00; 5.00]	3.00 [1.00; 5.00]	1.50 [1.00; 9.25]	0.966	161
WBC (× 109/L)	6.15 [4.80; 7.80]	6.10 [4.70; 7.65]	7.05 [5.40; 11.2]	0.080	158
PLT (× 109/L)	180 [138; 234]	181 [145; 236]	146 [112; 208]	0.104	158
EOS (× 109/L)	0.01 [0.00; 0.03]	0.01 [0.00; 0.03]	0.01 [0.00; 0.03]	0.285	158
NEUT (× 109/L)	4.44 [3.05; 5.67]	4.26 [2.89; 5.50]	5.28 [4.43; 8.14]	0.007	158
LYM (× 109/L)	1.20 [0.90; 1.60]	1.20 [1.00; 1.69]	0.90 [0.70; 1.30]	0.029	158
pH2	7.42 [7.38; 7.45]	7.41 [7.38; 7.44]	7.44 [7.41; 7.47]	0.061	138
pO2	35.8 [25.8; 48.4]	34.9 [25.4; 47.4]	38.2 [31.9; 56.2]	0.212	142
pCO2	44.8 [40.0; 48.6]	44.8 [40.2; 48.7]	43.0 [35.3; 47.8]	0.273	143
Temperature	37.0 [36.6; 37.9]	37.0 [36.6; 37.7]	37.5 [36.9; 38.3]	0.085	158
High fever (≥ 38 °C)	38 (24.1%)	30 (21.4%)	8 (44.4%)	0.042	158
O2 saturation	95.0 [92.0; 96.0]	95.0 [93.0; 96.0]	88.0 [85.5; 94.0]	< 0.001	159
Respiration rate per min	21.0 [20.0; 25.0]	21.0 [20.0; 24.2]	22.0 [20.0; 26.0]	0.407	149
Elapsed time to hospitalization	5.00 [3.00; 7.00]	6.00 [3.00; 8.00]	4.00 [2.00;5.50]	0.015	152
Intubated	27 (16.8%)	10 (7.09%)	17 (85.0%)	< 0.001	161

¹ACE inhibitor, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor; elapsed time to ICU, time between hospitalization and ICU admission; O₂ saturation, saturation in ambient air; high fever, fever ≥ 38 °C; elapsed time to hosp., time between onset of symptoms and hospitalization

²Blood gasses were mostly obtained during hospital stay not at admission