TABLE 1.
Demographics, baseline characteristics
| All COVID‐19 patients | Total COVID‐19 patients (N = 1449) |
Severe a COVID‐19 275 (19%) |
Not severe b COVID‐19 1174 (81%) |
Test of difference c |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 529 (37%) | 114 (41%) | 415 (35%) | .06 |
| Age (mean, SD) | 54.7 (22.5) | 72.0 (19) | 50.6 (21) | <.001 |
| BMI (mean, SD) | 30.0 (7.1) | 29.9 (7.8) | 30.1 (6.9) | .35 |
| Race | ||||
| White | 762 (53%) | 169 (61%) | 593 (51%) | .01 |
| Black | 156 (11%) | 21(8%) | 135 (12%) | |
| Unknown | 455 (31%) | 75 (27%) | 380 (32%) | |
| Other | 76 (5%) | 10 (4%) | 66 (6%) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic | 133 (9%) | 9 (3%) | 124(11%) | <.001 |
| Not Hispanic | 682 (47%) | 146(53%) | 536(46%) | |
| Unknown | 634 (44%) | 120(44%) | 514(44%) | |
| Ever smoker Y/N | 331 (23%) | 88(32%) | 243(21%) | <.001 |
| Systolic pressure (mean, SD) | 124 (16) | 128 (20) | 123 (15) | <.001 |
| Diastolic pressure (mean, SD) | 75 (10) | 73 (10) | 76 (9) | <.001 |
| Resident of long term care Y/N | 290 (20%) | 107(39%) | 183(15%) | <.001 |
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
a
Severe: COVID‐19‐positive patients admitted to the hospital/died at the time of the data cut.
b
Not Severe: COVID‐19‐positive patients not admitted to hospital/deceased at the time of the data cut.
c
p‐value testing H0: no difference between severe and not severe COVID‐19 patients. Chi‐square test and Wilcoxon as appropriate.