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. 2021 Feb 22;22(5):943–947.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.02.019

Supplementary Table 2.

Characteristics of COVID-19 Cases Presenting With and Without Symptoms (n = 76)

COVID+
P Value
Symptomatic (n = 37) Asymptomatic (n = 39)
Sex, male, n (%) 9 (24.3) 12 (30.8) .53
Age, y, mean ± SD 84.9 ± 7.8 85.7 ± 6.9 .67
CIRS-comorbidity index, median (IQR) 5 (4, 7) 5 (4, 6) .27
CIRS-severity index, median (IQR) 2.1 (1.9, 2.4) 2.1 (1.9, 2.3) .42
Number of drugs, median (IQR) 8 (5, 10) 7 (5, 9) .32
MMSE, mean ± SD 15.8 ± 7.0 15.3 ± 7.7 .76
Vaccinated for influenza, n (%) 26 (70.3) 33 (84.6) .13
Chronic diseases (moderate severity according to CIRS), n (%)
 Cardiac 41 (54.0) 31 (40.8) .13
 Hypertension 32 (42.1) 35 (46.1) .65
 Vascular/hematologic 36 (47.4) 34 (44.7) .75
 Respiratory 15 (19.7) 18 (23.7) .55
 Ophthalmologic and otorhinolaryngologic 19 (38.2) 17 (22.4) .03
 Upper gastrointestinal 30 (39.5) 47 (61.8) .01
 Lower gastrointestinal 26 (34.2) 26 (34.2) 1.00
 Hepatic and pancreatic 4 (5.3) 5 (6.6) .74
 Renal 6 (7.9) 4 (5.3) .53
 Genitourinary 53 (69.7) 60 (79.0) .21
 Musculoskeletal and dermatologic 48 (63.2) 60 (79.0) .04
 Neurologic (excluding dementia) 36 (47.4) 37 (48.7) .87
 Endocrine – metabolic 30 (39.5) 31 (40.8) .85
 Psychiatric/behavioral 71 (93.4) 70 (92.1) .76
Frailty (Frail-NH score >7), n (%) 27 (73.0) 20 (51.3) .05
Frailty, n (%) .06
 Non-frail (Frail-NH score 0–1) 2 (5.4) 6 (15.4)
 Mild or moderate frailty (Frail-NH score 2–5) 4 (10.8) 10 (25.6)
 Most frail (Frail-NH score 6–14) 31 (83.8) 23 (59.0)

CIRS, cumulative illness rating scale; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.