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. 2020 Oct 17;51(2):437–445. doi: 10.1007/s11239-020-02312-3

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of COVID-19 patients and healthy controls

COVID-19 Healthy blood donors
Regular wards Specialized wards Total
N = 40 N = 20 N = 60 N = 86
Gender male, N (%) 28 (70%) 12 (60%) 40 (67%) 49 (57%)
Age, years, median (IQR) 61 (51–74) 62 (55–66) 61 (52–71) 49 (37 - 56)
BMI, kg/m2, median (IQR) 26 (24–32) 28 (25–32) 27 (24–32)
Caucasian origin 21 (52.5%) 13 (65%) 34 (57%)
Non-caucasian origin 19 (47.5%) 7 (35%) 26 (43%)
Previous thromboembolic disease, N(%) 4 (10%) 2 (10%) 6 (10%)
Anticoagulant treatment at inclusion, N (%) 8 (20%) 2 (10%) 10 (17%)
Diabetes, N (%) 8 (20%) 9 (45%) 17 (28%)
Smoking, N (%) 2 (5%) 3 (15%) 5 (8%)
COPD/asthma, N (%) 6 (15%) 4 (20%) 10 (17%)
Hypertension, N (%) 13 (33%) 12 (60%) 25 (42%)
Cardiovascular disease, N (%) 5 (13%) 4 (20%) 9 (15%)
Malignancy, N (%) 4 (10%) 4 (20%) 8 (13%)
Other diseases, N (%) 9 (23%) 6 (30%) 15 (25%)
Days with COVID symptoms at inclusion, median (IQR) 10 (7–14) 12 (9–16) 11 (7–14)
Days at hospital at inclusion, median (IQR) 1 (1–2) 2.5 (1–5) 1 (1–2)
Thrombosis at inclusion, N (%) 2 (5%) 4 (20%) 6 (10%)
Anticoagulant prophylaxis before ROTEM analysis, N (%) 21 (53%) 15 (75%) 36 (60%)
Blood groups, N = 58 N (%)
A 19 (33%)
B 6 (10%)
AB 3 (5%)
O 30 (52%)
Regular wards Specialized wards
Non-O 21 (75%) 7 (25%) 28 (48%)
O 18 (60%) 12 (40%) 30 (52%)

IQR interquartile range, BMI body mass index, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease