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. 2021 Feb 22;23(2):e23026. doi: 10.2196/23026

Table 1.

Comparison of patient demographics in COVID-19–like and COVID-19 cohortsa.

Characteristics COVID-19–like cohort (n=16,509) COVID-19 cohort (n=159) P valueb

Influenza Bacterial pneumonia Viral pneumonia Unspecified pneumonia Acute respiratory distress syndrome Total

Total, n (%) 1076 (6.5) 2779 (16.8) 681 (4.1) 10,308 (62.4) 1665 (10.1) 16,509 159
Age (years), mean (SD) 63.9 (20.7) 63.9 (19.5) 63.8 (19.7) 67.2 (18.9) 62.3 (18.8) 65.8 (19.3) 56.9 (20.3) <.001
Gender, n (%) .08

Female 557 (51.8) 1212 (43.6) 346 (50.8) 4823 (46.8) 730 (43.8) 7668 (46.4) 85 (53.5)

Male 519 (48.2) 1567 (56.4) 335 (49.2) 5485 (53.2) 933 (56.0) 8839 (53.5) 74 (46.5)
Race, n (%) <.001

White 585 (54.4) 1674 (60.2) 376 (55.2) 6096 (59.1) 872 (52.4) 9603 (58.2) 43 (27.0)

Asian 178 (16.5) 429 (15.4) 123 (18.1) 1640 (15.9) 284 (17.1) 2654 (16.1) 23 (14.5)

Black 72 (6.7) 130 (4.7) 38 (5.6) 598 (5.8) 110 (6.6) 948 (5.7) <10 (<6.3)

Other 241 (22.4) 546 (19.6) 144 (21.2) 1974 (19.2) 399 (24.0) 3304 (20.0) 76 (47.8)
Ethnicity, n (%) <.001

Non-Hispanic 898 (83.5) 2321 (83.5) 568 (83.4) 8786 (85.2) 1335 (80.2) 13,908 (84.2) 81 (50.9)

Hispanic 170 (15.8) 380 (13.7) 106 (15.6) 1325 (12.9) 267 (16.0) 2248 (13.6) 74 (46.5)
Insurance, n (%) <.001

Private 263 (24.4) 605 (21.8) 176 (25.8) 2160 (21.0) 414 (24.9) 3618 (21.9) 32 (20.1)

Public 747 (69.4) 1974 (71.0) 477 (70.0) 7447 (72.5) 1129 (67.8) 11,804 (71.5) 101 (63.5)

Other 66 (6.2) 200 (7.2) 28 (4.1) 671 (6.5) 122 (7.4) 1087 (6.6) 26 (16.4)
Ever smoked, n (%) 402 (37.4) 1128 (40.6) 283 (41.6) 4375 (42.4) 635 (38.1) 6823 (41.3) 47 (29.6) .003
At least one comorbidityc 771 (71.7) 1745 (62.8) 571 (83.8) 7000 (67.9) 997 (59.9) 11,084 (67.1) 59 (37.1) <.001
Invasive mechanical ventilation, n (%) 91 (8.5) 1031 (37.1) 95 (14.0) 1811 (17.6) 797 (47.9) 3825 (23.2) 24 (15.1) .02
Time to invasive mechanical ventilation (days), mean (SD) 4.4 (7.2) 3.8 (6.7) 6.9 (12.9) 4.0 (7.2) 4.3 (7.4) 4.1 (7.3) 2.9 (3.9) <.001
All-cause mortality, n (%) 62 (5.8) 513 (18.5) 82 (12.0) 1586 (15.4) 541 (32.5) 2789 (16.9) <10 (<6.3) <.001

aPercentages may not add up to 100 due to missing values.

bThe P value was calculated between the total of 4 retrospective COVID-19–like cohorts and the COVID-19 cohort.

cComorbidities include cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, hypertension, chronic respiratory disease, respiratory failure, kidney disease, Alzheimer disease, and cirrhosis.