Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

Characteristics	Value
Number of overall patients (women; men)	185 (78; 107)
Overall mean age ± SD, range	67 ± 12, 19−94
Overall mean BMI ± SD, range	27 ± 3, 18−37
Mean age of women ± SD, range (Mean BMI of women ± SD, range)	66 ± 13, 25−94 (26 ± 4, 18−35)
Mean age of men ± SD, range (Mean BMI of men ± SD, range)	68 ± 14, 19−89 (28 ± 5, 19−37)
Number of patients with diabetes mellitus	43/185 (23.2%)
Number of patients with arterial hypertension	77/185 (41.6%)
Number of patients with coronary artery disease	38/185 (20.5%)
Number of patients with chronic kidney disease	30/185 (16.2%)
Number of patients with immunosuppressive therapy	42/185 (22.7%)
Number of patients with cancer	59/185 (31.8%)
Number of patients with asthma bronchiale	13/185 (7.0%)
Number of patients with COPD	32/185 (17.3%)

BMI: body mass index; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; SD: standard deviation.