Skip to main content
. 2021 Apr 1;16(4):e0249285. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249285

Table 1. Clinical characteristics of patients in prediction of mechanical ventilation.

Total Patients (n = 1,980) No Mechanical Ventilation (n = 1,649) Mechanical Ventilation (n = 331) Significance
Age 63.2 ± 17.1 63.2 ± 17.6 63.2 ± 15.0 0.969
Sex Male: 1,013 (51.2%) Male: 813 (49.3%) Male: 200 (60.4%) 0.001
Female: 967 (48.8%) Female: 836 (50.7%) Female: 131 (39.6%)
Race Asian 32 (1.6%) Asian 28 (1.7%) Asian 4 (1.2%) 0.023
AA: 1,117 (56.4%) AA: 930 (56.5%) AA: 187 (56.8%)
Caucasian: 725 (36.6%) Caucasian: 615 (37.4%) Caucasian: 110 (33.4%)
Other: 101 (5.1%) Other: 73 (4.4%) Other: 28 (8.5%)
BMI 32.0 ± 9.0 31.7 ± 8.8 33.9 ± 10.0 0.001
Smoking Never: 974 (49.2%) Never: 830 (50.3%) Never: 144 (43.5%) 0.002
Not Asked: 412 (20.8%) Not Asked: 346 (21.0%) Not Asked: 66 (19.9%)
Passive: 5 (0.3%) Passive: 3 (0.02%) Passive: 2 (0.6%)
Quit: 507 (25.6%) Quit: 399 (24.2%) Quit: 108 (32.6%)
Yes: 82 (4.1%) Yes: 71 (41.3%) Yes: 11 (3.3%)
Alcohol Never: 97 (4.9%) Never: 82 (5.0%) Never: 15 (4.5%) 0.934
No: 787 (39.7%) No: 651 (39.5) No: 136 (41.1%)
Not Asked: 471 (23.8%) Not Asked: 389 (23.6%) Not Asked: 82 (24.8%)
Not currently: 136 (6.9%) Not currently: 114 (6.9%) Not currently: 22 (6.6%)
Yes: 489 (24.7%) Yes: 413 (25.0%) Yes: 76 (23.0%)
DM 0: 1,428 (72.1%) 0: 1209 (73.3%) 0: 219 (66.2%) 0.008
1: 552 (27.9%) 1: 440 (26.7%) 1: 112 (33.8%)
Lung 0: 1,867 (94.3%) 0: 1563 (94.8%) 0: 304 (91.8%) 0.035
1: 113 (5.7%) 1: 86 (5.2%) 1: 27 (8.2%)
Heart 0: 1,742 (88.0%) 0: 1462 (88.7%) 0: 280 (84.6%) 0.038
1: 238 (12.0%) 1: 187 (11.3%) 1: 51 (15.4%)
Kidney 0: 1,889 (95.4%) 0: 1577 (95.6%) 0: 312 (94.3%) 0.276
1: 91 (4.6%) 1: 72 (4.4%) 1: 19 (5.7%)
Liver 0: 1977 (99.8%) 0: 1647 (99.9%) 0: 330 (99.7%) 0.423
1: 3 (0.2%) 1: 2 (0.1%) 1: 1 (0.3%)

BMI: body mass index. Smoking: smoking. Alcohol: alcohol history. DM: history of diabetes mellitus. Lung: history of lung disease. Heart: history of heart disease. Kidney: history of kidney disease. Liver: history of Liver disease.