Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients with COVID-19 (N = 313).
| Characteristics | Number (%)/Median (IQR) |
|---|---|
| Demographics | |
| Age (years) | 68 (59–78.5) |
| Male | 182 (58.1%) |
| Caucasian | 119 (38%) |
| Long-term care facility resident | 194 (62%) |
| Comorbidities | |
| Any comorbidity | 295 (95.2%) |
| Two or more comorbidities | 266 (85%) |
| Hypertension | 222 (79.9%) |
| Diabetes | 140 (44.7%) |
| Cardiovascular | 105 (33.5%) |
| Neurocognitive | 113 (36.1%) |
| Malignancy | 33 (10.5%) |
| Smoking (former or current) | 123 (39.3%) |
| Physical examination on presentation | |
| Temperature (°C) | 37.8 (37–38.7) |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 37.8 (37–38.7) |
| Oxygen saturation (%) | 93 (88–95) |
| Pulse (bpm) | 96 (80–110) |
| Respiratory rate (rpm) | 22 (20–28) |
| Altered mental status | 137 (43.8%) |
| Laboratory and imaging findings | |
| White blood cell count (4.0–11.0 × 109/l) | 8.1 (5.6–11.5) |
| Absolute lymphocytes (0.6–3.4 × 109/l) | 0.9 (0.6–1.3) |
| Blood urea nitrogen (7–25 mg/dl) | 27 (16–46) |
| Procalcitonin (0.20–0.49 ng/ml) | 1.05 (0.33–3.53) |
| Ferritin (11–307 ng/ml) | 479 (184–1021) |
| C-reactive protein (<1.0 mg/dl) | 10.5 (4.8–16.9) |
| Bilateral or diffuse infiltrates | 192 (61.4%) |
bpm, beats per minute; IQR, interquartile range; rpm, respirations per minute.