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. 2021 Jan 6:1–12. doi: 10.1159/000513400

Table 1.

The basic characteristics and comorbidities of patients with COVID-19

Studies Disease severity Patients, n Age, n (%)
Sex (male) n (%) Obesitya
n (%)
Comorbidity
n (%)
Hypertension
n (%)
Diabetes
n (%)
CVD
n (%)
Ref.
>50 yr >60 yr >65 yr
Guan, Weijie Severe 173 44/163 (27.0) 100 (57.8) 67 (38.7) 41 (23.7) 28 (16.2) 10 (5.8) [1]
Non-severe 926 109/848 (12.9) 540 (58.3) 194 (21.0) 124 (13.4) 53 (5.7) 17 (1.8)

Huang, Chaolin Severe 13 11 (84.6) 5 (38%) 2 (15%) 1 (8%) 3 (23%) [7]
Non-severe 28 19 (67.9) 8 (29%) 4 (14%) 7 (25%) 3 (11%)

Zhang, Jinjin Severe
Non-severe
58
82
48 (82.8)
50 (61.0)
33 (56.9)
38 (46.3)
46 (79.3)
44 (53.7)
22 (37.9)
20 (24.4)
8 (13.8)
9 (11.0)
4 (6.9)
3 (3.7)
[8]

Xu, Yuhuan Severe 13 5 (38.5) 7 (53.8) [9]
Non-severe 37 10 (27.0) 22 (59.5)

Li, Kunhua Severe 25 15 (60) 11 (44.0) 2 (8.0) 7 (28.0) 1 (4.0) [10]
Non-severe 58 29 (50) 4 (6.9) 3 (5.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)

Wan, Suxin Severe 40 21 (52.5) 28 (70) 4 (10) 9 (22.5) 6 (15) [11]
Non-severe 95 52 (54.7) 15 (16.3) 9 (9.4) 3 (3.1) 1 (1)

Cai, Qingxian Severe 58 50 (86.21) 39 (67.24) 22 (37.9) 8 (13.79) 13 (22.41) [12]
Non-severe 240 88 (36.67) 106 (44.17) 25 (10.4) 12 (5.0)

Zhang, Gemin Severe 32 7 (21.9) 21 (65.6) [13]
Non-severe 63 10 (15.9) 32 (50.8)

Zheng, F. Severe 30 14 (46.7) 12 (40) 2 (6.7) 2 (6.7) [14]
Non-severe 131 66 (50.4) 10 (7.6) 5 (3.8) 2 (1.5)

Cheng, Kebing Severe 181 42 (23.2) 99 (54.7) 53 (29.28) 20 (11.05) 16 (8.84) [15]
Non-severe 282 36 (12.77) 145 (51.42) 54 (19.15) 20 (7.09) 12 (4.26)

Xiao, Kaihu Severe 36 20 (55.6) 17 (47.2) 5 (13.9) 5 (13.9) 2 (5.6) [16]
Non-severe 107 52 (48.6) 29 (27.1) 12 (11.2) 5 (4.7) 3 (2.8)

Yuan, Jing Severe 31 18 (58.1) 14 (45.2) 4 (12.9) 8 (25.8) 0 (0) 1 (0.5) [17]
Non-severe 192 88 (45.8) 40 (20.8) 21 (10.9) 10 (5.2)

He, Xingwei Severe 54 34 (63.0) 24 (44.4) 13 (24.1) 5 (9.3) [18]

Deng, Qing Severe 67 38 (56.7) 28 (41.8) 24 (35.8) 14 (20.9) 11 (16.4) [19]
Non-severe 45 19 (42.2) 13 (28.9) 12 (26.7) 5 (11.1) 4 (8.9)

Yao, Qingchun Severe 25 9/25 (36.0) 13 (52.0) 13 (52.0) 9 (36.0) 3 (12.0) 2 (8.0) [20]
Non-severe 83 8/83 (9.6) 30 (36.1) 12 (14.5) 7 (8.4) 2 (2.4) 2 (2.4)

Xu, Jing Severe 30 20 (66.7) 12 (40.0) [21]
Non-severe 125 67 (53.6) 16 (12.8)

Asghar, M.S. ICU 33 [22]
Ward 67

Cao, Zhenhuan Severe
Non-severe
27
53
16 (59.3)
22 (41.5)
4 (14.8)
16 (30.2)
3 (11.1)
3 (5.7)
5 (18.5)
5 (9.4)
[23]

Pellaud, Charlotte ICU 49 34 (70.0) 30 (61.0) 28 (19) 40 (82.0) 27 (55) 11 (22) 6 (12) [24]
Ward 147 114 (77.0) 89 (60.0) 13 (27) 122 (83.0) 91 (62) 41 (28) 20 (14)

Chen, Qingqing Severe 43 34 (70.0) 23 (53.5) 9 (20.9) 7 (16.3) [25]
Non-severe 102 114 (77.0) 56 (54.9) 13 (12.7) 7 (6.9)

Liu, Changquan Severe 42 28 (66.7) 41 (97.6) [26]
Non-severe 236 102 (43.2) 197 (83.5)

Ebinger, Joseph E. ICU 77 57 (74.0) 17 (22.1) 49 (63.6) 26 (33.8) 18 (23.4) [27]
Ward 137 78 (56.9) 27 (19.7) 68 (49.6) 40 (29.2) 27 (19.7)

Hong, Kyung Soo ICU
Not-ICU
13
85
6 (46.2)
23 (27.1)
6 (46.2)
32 (37.6)
5 (38.5)
33 (38.8)
5 (38.5)
25 (29.4)
3 (23.1)
6 (7.1)
0 (0)
11 (12.9)
[28]
Huang, Rui Severe 23 5 (21.7) 17 (73.9) 8 (44.4) 9 (39.1) 2 (8.7) 8 (34.8) 1 (4.3) [29]
Non-severe 179 21 (11.7) 99 (55.3) 16 (10.4) 46 (25.7) 27 (15.1) 11 (6.1) 6 (3.3)

Liu, Fang Severe 33 8 (24.2) 22 (66.7) 12 (36.4) 13 (39.4) [30]
Non-severe 107 41 (38.3) 41 (38.3) 22 (20.6) 22 (20.6)

Shahriarirad, Reza ICU 11 3 (27.3) 7 (63.6) 5 (45.5) 3 (27.3) 4 (36.4) [31]
Not-ICU 102 25 (24.5) 64 (62.7) 17 (16.7) 13 (12.7) 12 (11.8)

Geehan, Suleyman ICU 141 92 (65.3) 80 (56.7) 37 (26.2) 111 (78.7) 73 (51.8) 26 (18.4) [32]
Not-ICU 214 110 (51.4) 85 (39.7) 38 (17.8) 147 (68.7) 83 (38.8) 30 (14.0)

Zheng, Yufen Severe 29 16 (55.2) 11 (37.9) [33]
Non-severe 112 58 (51.7) 58 (51.8)

Almazeedi, Sulaiman ICU 42 32 (76.2) 17 (40.5) 18 (42.9) 8 (19.0) [34]
Not-ICU 1,054 856 (81.2) 160 (15.2) 137 (13.0) 33 (3.1)

Cao, Min ICU 19 15 (78.9) 17 (89.5) 6 (31.6) 2 (10.5) 5 (26.3) [35]
Not-ICU 179 54 (30.1) 84 (46.9) 36 (20.1) 13 (7.3) 7 (3.9)

COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; ICU, intensive care unit.

a

Obesity: BMI >30 or 28 kg/m2 (China).