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. 2021 Jan;27(1):85–91. doi: 10.3201/eid2701.203074

Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, United Kingdom, 2020*.

Characteristics Results
Median age, y (IQR) 64 (52–77)
Median body mass index (IQR)†
25.4 (21.9–30.5)
Sex
M 100 (56.5)
F
77 (43.5)
Race
White 60 (33.9)
Non-White 61 (34.5)
Other/not known
56 (31.6)
Concurrent conditions
0 47 (26.6)
1 52 (29.4)
2 50 (28.2)
>3
28 (15.8)
Symptoms
Symptomatic 143 (80.8)
Median days from symptom onset to 
 PCR (IQR)
6 (3–9)
Diagnostic site
Emergency department 90 (50.8)
Outpatient 12 (6.8)
Ward 54 (30.5)
Intensive care unit 14 (7.9)
Occupational health staff
7 (4.0)
Treatment location
Occupational health staff 7 (4.0)
Outpatient 4 (2.3)
Hospital
166 (93.8)
Admitted to intensive care unit
63 (38.0)
Outcomes
Never hospitalized 11 (6.2)
Discharged 108 (61.0)
Median length of stay, d (IQR) 19.3 (10.6–31.1)
Death 44 (24.9)
Median length of stay, d (IQR) 19.1 (14.8–24.8)
Death and/or ICU admission 80 (45.2)
Still in hospital‡ 14 (7.9)

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. ICU, intensive care unit; IQR, interquartile range.
†Height unavailable for 13 patients.
‡As of May 22, 2020.