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. 2020 Sep 30;15(9):e0238829. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238829

Table 1. Baseline clinical characteristics of patients according to testing status.

Characteristic COVID-19 Not Tested COVID-19 Tested P COVID-19- COVID-19+ P
Number 25,803 900 694 206
Age 76 (65–85) 73 (62–82) <0.001 72 (61–81) 78 (65–87) <0.001
Female 11,701 (45.3%) 457 (50.8%) <0.001 344 (49.6%) 113 (54.9%) 0.18
Black 3,414 (13.2%) 205 (22.8%) <0.001 143 (20.6%) 62 (30.1%) <0.05
White 19,824 (76.8%) 598 (66.4%) <0.001 479 (69.0%) 119 (57.8%) <0.05
Medicare 11,032 (42.8%) 334 (37.1%) <0.001 268 (38.6%) 66 (32.0%) 0.086
Medicaid 2,040 (7.9%) 115 (12.8%) <0.001 95 (13.7%) 20 (9.7%) 0.13
BMI 28.91 (24.82–34.41) 29.12 (24.26–35.26) 0.84 29.28 (24.43–35.26) 28.67 (23.91–35.14) 0.29
HFrEF 4,052 (22.8%) 189 (21.0%) 0.14 153 (22.0%) 36 (17.5%) 0.16
Hypertension 18,001 (69.8%) 665 (73.9%) 0.008 501 (72.2%) 164 (79.6%) <0.05
COPD 8,006 (31.0%) 263 (29.2%) 0.25 196 (28.2%) 67 (32.5%) 0.24
CAD 8,006 (31.0%) 269 (29.9%) 0.47 196 (28.2%) 73 (35.4%) <0.05
Renal Disease 7,131 (27.6%) 317 (35.2%) <0.001 238 (34.3%) 79 (38.3%) 0.28
NT-proBNP 1733 (592–4714) 2092 (648–6515) <0.001 2276 (704–6598) 1357 (502–5281) <0.05
Sodium 140 (138–141) 139 (137–142) 0.016 139 (137–142) 139 (137–142) 0.49
Chloride 103 (100–105) 102 (98–105) 0.003 102 (98–105) 102 (99–106) 0.68
Creatinine 1.1 (.88–1.46) 1.2 (.88–1.9) <0.001 1.19 (.87–1.88) 1.3 (.93–1.97) <0.05
BUN 22 (16–31) 26 (17–41.5) <0.001 25 (16–40) 30 (19–46) <0.05
HbA1c 6.2 (5.7–7.3) 6.3 (5.7–7.5) 0.08 6.3 (5.7–7.5) 6.5 (5.7–7.7) 0.6
ACE-I/ARB 13,354 (51.8%) 312 (34.7%) <0.001 254 (36.6%) 58 (28.2%) <0.05
ARNI 2,077 (8.0%) 54 (6.0%) 0.026 48 (6.9%) 6 (2.9%) <0.05
Beta Blocker 13,568 (52.6%) 429 (47.7%) 0.004 335 (48.3%) 94 (45.6%) 0.51
CCB 6,879 (26.7%) 283 (31.4%) 0.001 214 (30.8%) 69 (33.5%) 0.47
SGLT2i 810 (3.1%) 25 (2.8%) 0.54 24 (3.5%) 1 (0.5%) 0.02
Warfarin 2,811 (10.9%) 81 (9.0%) 0.07 65 (9.4%) 16 (7.8%) 0.48
NOAC 7,052 (27.3%) 267 (29.7%) 0.12 220 (31.7%) 47 (22.8%) 0.01
Diuretic 15,913 (61.7%) 518 (57.6%) 0.013 419 (60.4%) 99 (48.1%) 0.002
Statin 16,761 (65.0%) 556 (61.8%) 0.05 439 (63.3%) 117 (56.8%) <0.05

Data are presented as median (IQR) for continuous measures, and n (%) for categorical measures.