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. 2020 Oct 19;10(10):103. doi: 10.1038/s41408-020-00372-5

Table 3.

Patient characteristics at hospital admission for COVID-19, according to hospital outcome.

Patients with hospital outcome, no. (%)
All (n = 167) Patients discharged (n = 111)a Patients who died (n = 56)
Clinical features during admission % shown as the proportion of “all”
Clinical severity
Mild 26 (16) 24 (92) 2 (8)
Moderate–severe 128 (77) 85 (66) 43 (34)
Critical 13 (8) 2 (15) 11 (85)
Respiratory support
No supplemental oxygen 39 (23) 36 (92) 3 (8)
Supplemental oxygen 78 (47) 56 (72) 22 (28)
Noninvasive ventilation 35 (21) 13 (37) 22 (63)
Invasive ventilation 15 (9) 6 (40) 9 (60)
Laboratory measures at hospital admission % shown as the proportion of “all”
Absolute neutrophil countb
Above median 80 (50) 46 (57) 34 (43)
Below median 79 (50) 59 (75) 20 (25)
Lymphocyte countc
Above median 79 (50) 57 (72) 22 (28)
Below median 78 (50) 47 (60) 31 (40)
Plateletsd
Above median 77 (51) 58 (75) 19 (25)
Below median 75 (49) 44 (59) 31 (41)
D-dimers
Above mediane 67 (51) 40 (60) 27 (40)
Below medianf 64 (49) 50 (78) 14 (22)
Ferriting
Above median 41 (50) 28 (68) 13 (32)
Below median 41 (50) 32 (78) 9 (22)
COVID-19 therapy % shown as the proportion of “all”
(Hydroxy)chloroquine 148 (89) 101 (68) 47 (32)
No (hydroxy)chloroquine 19 (11) 10 (53) 9 (47)
Azithromycin 91 (54) 62 (68) 29 (32)
No azithromycin 76 (46) 49 (64) 27 (36)
Antiretrovirals 103 (62) 65 (63) 38 (37)
No antiretrovirals 64 (38) 46 (72) 18 (28)
Antiviral combination therapy
None 11 (6) 6 (55) 5 (45)
(Hydroxy)chloroquine only 16 (10) 11 (69) 5 (31)
(Hydroxy)chloroquine and retrovirals 47 (28) 30 (64) 17 (36)
(Hydroxy)chloroquine and azithromycin 34 (20) 27 (79) 7 (21)
(Hydroxy)chloroquine, azithromycin, and retrovirals 51 (31) 33 (65) 18 (35)
Other combination therapy 8 (5) 4 (50) 4 (50)
Steroids 83 (50) 51 (61) 32 (39)
No steroids 84 (50) 60 (71) 24 (29)
Anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody therapy 22 (13) 15 (68) 7 (32)
No anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody therapy 145 (87) 96 (66) 49 (34)
Steroids and anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody therapyf 21 (13) 14 (67) 7 (33)
No steroids and anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody therapyf 143 (87) 95 (66) 48 (34)
Heparin 109 (65) 77 (71) 32 (29)
No heparin 58 (35) 34 (59) 24 (41)

COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, IQR interquartile range.

aIncludes one patient who remains hospitalized receiving ongoing care.

bData missing for eight patients, six who were discharged and two who died in hospital.

cData missing for 11 patients, 8 who were discharged and 3 who died in hospital.

dData missing for 16 patients, 10 who were discharged and 6 who died in hospital.

eData missing for 36 patients, 21 who were discharged and 15 who died in the hospital.

fData missing for 85 patients, 51 who were discharged and 34 who died in the hospital.

gData missing for three patients, two who were discharged and one who died in the hospital.