Table 1.
Patient demographics at index admission or presentation
| All (n=401) |
ED only (n=48) |
Level I (n=315) |
Level II/III (n=38) |
|
| M:F | 239:162 59.6%/40.4% |
23:25 47.9%/52.1% |
190:125 60.3%/39.7% |
26:12 68.4%/31.6% |
| Age (median and range) |
59.0 (21–95) | 54.0 (23–84) | 61.0 (21–95) | 52.5 (30–80) |
| BMI (n=381) | ||||
| <18 | 4 (1%) | 1 (2.2%) | 3 (1%) | 0 (0%) |
| 18.5–24.9 | 69 (18%) | 9 (19.6%) | 55 (18.5%) | 5 (14%) |
| 25–29.9 | 149 (39%) | 16 (34.8%) | 119 (40%) | 14 (39%) |
| 30–39.9 | 136 (36%) | 14 (30.4%) | 105 (35%) | 16 (44.4%) |
| >40 | 23 (6%) | 6 (13%) | 16 (5.5%) | 1 (2.6%) |
| Comorbidities | ||||
| Any | 324 (81%) | 35 (73%) | 266 (84.4%) | 23 (60.5%) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 112 (27.9%) | 6 (12.5) | 99 (31.4%) | 7 (18.4%) |
| Hypertension | 168 (42%) | 15 (31.25%) | 142 (45%) | 11 (29%) |
| CVS | 74 (18.5%) | 8 (16.7%) | 62 (19.7%) | 4 (10.5%) |
| Cancer | 31 (7.7%) | 3 (6.35%) | 25 (7.9%) | 1 (2.6%) |
| Asthma | 61 (15.2%) | 10 (20.8%) | 48 (15.2%) | 3 (8%) |
| COPD | 20 (5%) | 2 (4.2%) | 17 (5.4%) | 1 (2.6%) |
| BAME background (n=372) |
227/372 (61%) | 29/43 (67.4%) | 172/292 (58.9%) | 27/38 (71.1%) |
| Smoking (n=360) Current/ex/never |
10/91/263 | 3/7/31 | 7/75/219 | 2000/9/24 |
BAME, black, Asian and minority ethnic; BMI, body mass index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVS, cardiovascular disease.