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. 2020 Nov 25;2(12):e0305. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000305

TABLE 1.

Baseline Characteristics and Treatment, and Association With Survival in Mechanically Ventilated Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019

Variable All n = 247 Survivors (n = 136) Nonsurvivors (n = 111) Simple Cox—p Multiple Cox—Adjusted p
n (%) or Median (Q1–Q3) n Missing n (%) or Median (Q1–Q3) n (%) or Median (Q1–Q3)
Male sex 172 (69.6) 95 (69.9) 77 (69.4) 0.92
Age (yr) 65 (57–72) 63 (55–69) 69 (60–77) < 0.0001 < 0.0001
Body mass index (kg/m2) 29 (26–33) 14 29 (26–33) 30 (26–33) 0.88
Tobacco 21 (8.5) 1 8 (5.9) 13 (11.7) 0.05 0.07
Chronic kidney disease 26 (10.5) 8 (5.9) 18 (16.2) 0.0007 0.71
Diabetes 88 (35.8) 1 48 (35.6) 40 (36.0) 0.98
Hypertension 141 (57.1) 77 (56.6) 64 (57.7) 0.71
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 32 (13.0) 13 (9.6) 19 (17.1) 0.09 0.63
Cancer 11 (6.1) 66 5 (5.3) 6 (7.0) 0.74
Immunodeficiency 16 (6.5) 6 (4.4) 10 (9.0) 0.22
Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score 6 (4–8) 5 (3–7) 7 (5–9) < 0.0001 0.27
Pao2 (mm Hg) 74 (62–90) 25 72 (62–90) 75 (64–91) 0.95
Fio2 (%) 80 (60–90) 17 78 (60–90) 80 (65–100) 0.09 0.19
Pao2/Fio2 103 (82–132) 25 108 (83–140) 96 (79–128) 0.83
Platelet count (103/mm3) 207 (156–290) 209 (160–285) 207 (155–293) 0.79
Bilirubin (mg/dL) 0.64 (0.49–0.94) 1 0.67 (0.50–0.97) 0.60 (0.42–0.93) 0.42
Glasgow Coma Scale = 15 185 (77.4) 8 109 (82.6) 76 (71.0) 0.05 0.49
Creatinine (mg/dL) 1.00 (0.78–1.37) 1 0.91 (0.71–1.21) 1.20 (0.88–1.73) < 0.0001 < 0.0001
Mean arterial pressure < 70 mm Hg 89 (36.0) 37 (27.2) 52 (46.8) 0.0004 0.01
Norepinephrine use 128 (51.8) 58 (42.6) 70 (63.1) 0.0021 0.41
Urine output (mL/d) 1 < 0.0001 0.25
 ≥ 500 226 (91.9) 132 (97.1) 94 (85.5)
 200–500 11 (4.5) 4 (2.9) 7 (6.4)
 ≤ 200 9 (3.7) 0 (0.0) 9 (8.2)
C-reactive protein (mg/L) 175 (108–258) 172 (107–243) 179 (109–261) 0.33
d-dimer (ng/mL)a 1,500 (868–3,832) 84 1,305 (843–3,190) 1,938 (990–4,000) 0.13
Lymphocyte count (103/mm3)a 0.80 (0.55–1.05) 2 0.84 (0.60–1.10) 0.75 (0.51–1.02) 0.06 0.02
Ferritin (µg/L)a 1,185 (582–3,053) 163 1,281 (578–2,790) 1,041 (587–3,196) 0.43
Hydroxychloroquine use 225 (91.1) 128 (94.1) 97 (87.4) 0.02 0.46
Azithromycin use 107 (43.3) 59 (43.4) 48 (43.2) 0.82
Corticosteroid use 58 (23.5) 38 (27.9) 20 (18.0) 0.05 0.01

aCox model on log-transformed values.