Table 1.
Demographics and comorbidities of patients at baseline
| Demographic | Critical | Severe | Moderate | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freq. | % | Freq. | % | Freq. | % | Freq. | % | |
| 29 | 100 | 16 | 100 | 25 | 100 | 70 | 100 | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 11 | 37.9 | 12 | 75.0 | 16 | 64.0 | 39 | 55.7 |
| Male | 18 | 62.1 | 4 | 25.0 | 9 | 36.0 | 31 | 44.3 |
| Skin colour | ||||||||
| White | 19 | 65.5 | 9 | 56.3 | 15 | 60.0 | 43 | 61.4 |
| Mixed | 9 | 31.0 | 4 | 25.0 | 3 | 12.0 | 16 | 22.9 |
| Black | 1 | 3.4 | 3 | 18.8 | 4 | 16.0 | 8 | 11.4 |
| ND | 3 | 12.0 | 3 | 4.3 | ||||
| Age | ||||||||
| Mean ± SD | 67.4 ± 14.0 | 66.9 ± 22.5 | 71.2 ± 17.7 | 68.7 ± 17.4 | ||||
| Median ± IR | 66.0 ± 26.0 | 81.5 ± 39.0 | 75.0 ± 23.0 | 68.0 ± 30.0 | ||||
| min; max | (44; 92) | (29; 90) | (28; 100) | (28; 100) | ||||
| Patients with 1 comorbidity | 29 | 100.0 | 16 | 100.0 | 21 | 84.0 | 66 | 94.3 |
| Hypertension | 20 | 69.0 | 10 | 62.5 | 16 | 64.0 | 46 | 65.7 |
| Dementia | 5 | 17.2 | 8 | 50.0 | 11 | 44.0 | 24 | 34.3 |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 11 | 37.9 | 4 | 25.0 | 8 | 32.0 | 23 | 32.9 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 12 | 41.4 | 4 | 25.0 | 6 | 24.0 | 22 | 31.4 |
| Bronchial asthma | 8 | 27.6 | 4 | 25.0 | 2 | 8.0 | 14 | 20.0 |
| Nutrition deficit | 1 | 3.4 | 1 | 6.3 | 10 | 40.0 | 12 | 17.1 |
| Renal failure | 6 | 20.7 | 3 | 18.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 12.9 |
| COPD | 4 | 13.8 | – | – | 5 | 20.0 | 9 | 12.9 |
| Obesity | 4 | 13.8 | 2 | 12.5 | 1 | 4.0 | 7 | 10.0 |
| Smoker | 1 | 3.4 | 3 | 18.8 | 2 | 8.0 | 6 | 8.6 |
| Hypothyroidism | 3 | 10.3 | 1 | 6.3 | – | – | 4 | 5.7 |
| Cancer | 4 | 13.8 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 5.7 |