Table 1.
Characteristics of the study populations with coronavirus disease 2019 from China and North America
| Characteristic |
China
|
North America
|
P
3
value
|
||
|
Number of cases (n)1
|
Mean2 (95%CI)
|
Number of cases (n)1
|
Mean2 (95%CI)
|
||
| Age | 23088 | 50.6 (50.4-50.8) | 37293 | 55.5 (55.4-55.6) | < 0.001 |
| Male (%) | 29755 | 52.6 (52.5-52.7) | 36298 | 54.4 (54.2-54.5) | < 0.001 |
| Severity (%) | 26810 | 18.7 (12.8-24.6) | 7824 | 25.1 (19.1-31.3) | < 0.001 |
| Infection outcome (%) | |||||
| ARDS | 13524 | 14.5 (14.1-14.9) | 1849 | 34.9 (33.9-36.1) | < 0.001 |
| Heart failure | 4847 | 10.6 (10.2-11.1) | 2654 | 2.5 (2.4-2.6) | < 0.001 |
| Septic shock | 10886 | 4.0 (3.8-4.2) | 2266 | 28.4 (27.3-29.5) | < 0.001 |
| Acute kidney injury | 12767 | 5.5 (5.4-5.7) | 4761 | 26.7 (26.4-27.1) | < 0.001 |
| Secondary infection | 4617 | 15.3 (14.7-15.9) | 807 | 5.3 (5.1-5.6) | < 0.001 |
1
n is the number of subjects assessed for each characteristic as per the source database[7].
2
Weighted mean.
3
Student’s t-test or Chi Square test. ARDS: Acute respiratory distress syndrome.