Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics and psychiatric diagnoses of patients diagnosed with COVID-19
| Patients (n=131) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Age, years | ||
| Mean | 75·3 (8·2) | |
| Range | ||
| 51–64 | 10 (8%) | |
| 65–80 | 86 (66%) | |
| 81–95 | 35 (27%) | |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 63 (48%) | |
| Female | 68 (52%) | |
| Ethnicity | ||
| White | 84 (64%) | |
| Black African, Caribbean, or British | 28 (21%) | |
| Asian or Asian British | 13 (10%) | |
| Mixed or other | 6 (5%) | |
| Dementia status | ||
| Young-onset dementia | 13 (10%) | |
| Late-onset dementia | 61 (47%) | |
| No dementia | 57 (44%) | |
| Legal status on study entry | ||
| Informal | 23 (18%) | |
| Mental Health Act Section 2 | 19 (15%) | |
| Mental Health Act Section 3 | 52 (40%) | |
| Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty safeguards | 37 (28%) | |
| Comorbidities | ||
| Any comorbidity | 121 (92%) | |
| Hypertension | 74 (56%) | |
| Chronic cardiac disease | 34 (26%) | |
| Any diabetes | 30 (23%) | |
| Chronic kidney disease | 26 (20%) | |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease* | 20 (15%) | |
| Asthma | 8 (6%) | |
| Active cancer | 10 (8%) | |
| Number of comorbidities | 2 (1–4) | |
| Body-mass index, kg/m2 | ||
| <18·5 | 18 (14%) | |
| 18·5 to <25 | 66 (51%) | |
| 25 to <30 | 33 (25%) | |
| ≥30 | 13 (10%) | |
| Missing | 1 (1%) | |
| Smoking | ||
| Non-smoker | 79 (60%) | |
| Former smoker | 36 (27%) | |
| Current smoker | 9 (7%) | |
| Missing | 7 (5%) | |
Data are n (%), mean (SD), or median (IQR).
*
Data missing for one patient.