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. 2020 Sep 1;8:100136. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100136

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Baseline demographics and comorbidities of Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalized patients with and without encephalopathy. [NA: not applicable, ∗COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].

Variable With encephalopathy Without encephalopathy p-value
Number of patients 1092 11,509 NA
Age (years) 67.2 ​± ​14.9 61 ​± ​18.1 <0.0001
Females 488 (44.7%) 5,502 (47.8%) 0.048
Race/Ethnicity
White 519 (47.5%) 3,713 (32.3%) <0.0001
African American 384 (35.2%) 2,538 (22.1%) <0.0001
Asian 20 (1.8%) 135 (1.2%) 0.059
Hispanic (ethnicity) 116 (10.6%) 659 (5.7%) <0.0001
Co-morbidities
Hypertension 674 (61.7%) 4,386 (38.1%) <0.0001
Diabetes mellitus 437 (40.0%) 2,446 (21.3%) <0.0001
Ischemic heart disease 324 (29.7%) 1,792 (15.6%) <0.0001
Chronic kidney disease 312 (28.6%) 1,537 (13.4%) <0.0001
Heart failure 287 (26.3%) 1,472 (12.8%) <0.0001
Atrial fibrillation & flutter 218 (19.9%) 1,155 (10.0%) <0.0001
COPD∗ 164 (15.0%) 1,040 (9.0%) <0.0001
Asthma 101 (9.2%) 915 (7.9%) 0.13
Ischemic stroke 129 (11.8%) 527 (4.6%) <0.0001
Liver Disease 134 (12.3%) 901 (7.8%) <0.0001
Overweight & obesity 302 (27.7%) 1,984 (17.2%) <0.0001
Nicotine dependence 118 (10.8%) 963 (8.4%) 0.006