TABLE 1.
Clinical characteristics of COVID‐19 tested patients
| PWNoA | PWA | Overall | p‐Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 5724 | N = 914 | N = 6638 | (PWNoA vs. PWA) | |
| COVID−19 status, n (%) positive | 515 (9.0%) | 102 (11.2%) | 617 (9.3%) | .04 |
| Age, median (IQR) | 65 (42, 79) | 64 (47, 78) | 65 (42, 79) | .6 |
| Gender, n (%) Male | 2707 (47.3%) | 372 (40.7%) | 3079 (46.4%) | <.001 |
| Obese, n (%) | 137 (2.4%) | 341 (37.3%) | 478 (7.2%) | <.001 |
| BAME, n (%)a | 373 (6.5%) | 38 (4.2%) | 411 (6.2%) | .002 |
| No. of hospital stays, median (IQR) | 1 (1, 2) | 1 (1, 2) | 1 (1, 2) | .2 |
| Single hospital stay, n (%) | 4037 (70.5%) | 631 (69.0%) | 4668 (70.3%) | .4 |
| Length of stay (days), median (IQR) | 2 (1, 7) | 2 (0, 7) | 2 (1, 7) | .2 |
| Admitted to HDU only, n (%) | 195 (3.4%) | 44 (4.8%) | 239 (3.6%) | .03 |
| Admitted to ICU only, n (%) | 495 (8.7%) | 78 (8.5%) | 573 (8.6%) | .9 |
| Admitted to HDU AND ICU, n (%) | 93 (1.6%) | 23 (2.5%) | 116 (1.8%) | .06 |
Data were analysed using chi‐squared or Wilcoxon‐Mann‐Whitney test where appropriate. p Values <.05 were regarded as significant.
Abbreviations: BAME, Black Asian and minority ethnicities; COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019; HDU, High dependency unit; ICU, intensive care unit; IQR, interquartile range; N and n, number; PWA, patients with asthma; PWNoA, patients with no asthma.
The bold values mean that the comparisons are statistically significant of less than .05.