Table 3.
Clinical evolution of suspected COVID-19 in women of childbearing age
| No. pregnant positive test (%) (n = 448) | No. not pregnant (%) (n = 17942) | P value* | No. pregnant negative test (%) (n = 1216) | P value† | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of patient care | |||||
| Ambulatory | 311 (69.4%) | 14891 (83%) | <0.001 | 883 (72.6%) | 0.1 |
| Hospitalized | 137 (30.6%) | 3001 (17%) | 333 (27.1%) | ||
| Pneumonia | 62 (13.8%) | 1834 (13.4%) | 0.7 | 74 (6.0%) | <0.001 |
| Required mechanic ventilation | 7 (5.1%) | 174 (5.7%) | 0.7 | 6 (1.8%) | 0.04 |
| Admitted to ICU | 14 (10.2%) | 227 (7.4%) | 0.2 | 20 (6.0%) | 0.1 |
| Died | 10 (2.2%) | 484 (2.7%) | 0.5 | 7 (0.6%) | 0.003 |
| Days from: | |||||
| Symptoms to admission (median, IQR) | 3 (2-5) | 4 (2-6) | 0.7 | 2 (1-4) | <0.001 |
| Admission to death (median, IQR) | 7.5 (2.75-9.75) | 5 (2-9) | 0.5 | 1 (0-2) | 0.07 |
| Symptoms to death (median, IQR) | 10 (4.75-11.75) | 9 (6-14) | 0.9 | 4 (2-6) | 0.03 |
ICU – Intensive care unit, IQR – interquartile range
*Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables, χ2 test for categorical variables comparing pregnant with positive test vs not pregnant with positive test.
†Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables, χ2 test for categorical variables comparing pregnant with positive test vs pregnant with negative test.