Skip to main content
. 2021 Apr 8;4(4):e216556. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.6556

Table. Characteristics of Patients With SARS-CoV-2–Positive and SARS-CoV-2–Negative Tests, by Age Group.

Characteristic Patients, No. (%)
<18 y 18-49 y 50-64 y 65-74 y ≥75 y Totala
Positive Negative Positive Negative Positive Negative Positive Negative Positive Negative Positive Negative
Patients tested for SARS-CoV-2 454 (3.9) 11 255 (96.1) 10 619 (7.1) 138 311 (92.9) 11 602 (9.7) 108 071 (90.3) 9642 (9.1) 95 774 (90.9) 10 287 (8.7) 107 394 (91.3) 42 604 (8.5) 460 805 (91.5)
Malea 210 (46.3) 5788 (51.4) 4973 (46.8) 48 204 (34.9) 6487 (55.9) 59 534 (55.1) 5112 (53.0) 49 148 (51.3) 4810 (46.8) 46 412 (43.2) 21 592 (50.7) 209 086 (45.4)
Female 244 (54.7) 5467 (48.6) 5646 (53.2) 90 107 (65.1) 5115 (44.1) 48 537 (44.9) 4530 (47.0) 46 626 (48.7) 5477 (53.2) 60 982 (56.8) 21 012 (49.3) 251 719 (54.6)
≥1 underlying severe illness or conditiona,b 145 (31.9) 2610 (23.2) 6905 (65.0) 58 767 (42.5) 9474 (81.7) 73 221 (67.8) 8113 (84.1) 67 738 (70.7) 8611 (83.7) 75 060 (69.9) 33 248 (78.0) 277 396 (60.2)
In-hospital deatha 1 (0.2) 45 (0.4) 274 (2.6) 1051 (0.8) 922 (7.9) 2576 (2.4) 1359 (14.1) 3223 (3.4) 2149 (20.9) 4812 (4.5) 4705 (11.0) 11 707 (2.5)
LOS for total populationa
Mean (SD), d 4.5 (11.2) 5.3 (14.9) 6.1 (8.7) 4.1 (6.5) 8.8 (12.0) 5.5 (8.0) 9.7 (11.3) 5.8 (7.6) 9.7 (19.7) 5.7 (9.0) 8.5 (13.6) 5.2 (8.0)
Median (range), d 2 (1-150) 2 (1-317) 4 (1-165) 2 (1-620) 5 (1-619) 3 (1-457) 6 (1-278) 4 (1-482) 6 (1-462) 4 (1-514) 5 (1-619) 3 (1-620)
ICU admissiona
Patients admitted to ICU 92 (20.3) 1736 (15.5) 1810 (17.0) 12 938 (9.4) 2766 (23.8) 18 162 (16.8) 2630 (24.5) 16 893 (17.5) 2288 (22.2) 15 988 (14.9) 9586 (22.5) 65 717 (14.3)
Total LOSa
Mean (SD), d 4.7 (5.0) 6.6 (14.3) 13.3 (14.9) 8.5 (11.0) 16.2 (14.8) 9.8 (11.2) 16.0 (13.3) 9.7 (10.6) 12.7 (11.0) 8.7 (8.3) 14.7 (13.7) 9.2 (10.5)
Median (range), d 3 (1-26) 3 (1-249) 9 (1-165) 5 (1-303) 12 (1-152) 6 (1-218) 12 (1-102) 7 (1-370) 10 (1-132) 6 (1-241) 11 (1-165) 6 (1-370)
ICU LOSa
Mean (SD), d 3.3 (4.1) 3.4 (8.6) 7.6 (10.5) 3.7 (5.5) 9.6 (10.9) 4.2 (5.9) 9.2 (10.0) 4.0 (5.6) 6.4 (6.8) 3.4 (4.3) 8.3 (9.8) 3.8(5.5)
Median (range), d 2 (1-26) 2 (1-191) 4 (1-110) 2 (1-95) 6 (1-117) 2 (1-114) 6 (1-86) 2 (1-253) 4 (1-61) 2 (1-81) 5 (1-117) 2 (1-253)

Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay.

a

P < .001 for comparison of patients with SARS-CoV-2–positive tests vs those with SARS-CoV-2–negative tests.

b

Includes the following baseline conditions occurring within the first 3 days of hospital admissions as determined by the maximum value of surrogate laboratory results: renal insufficiency (serum creatinine [SCr] >2.0 mg/dL [to convert to micromoles per liter, multiply by 88.4]); kidney failure (blood urea nitrogen >100 and SCr >3.0 mg/dL); suspected sepsis (lactic acid >2.0 or >4.0 mmol/L); suspected heart failure (brain-type natriuretic peptide [BNP] >400 pg/mL [to convert to nanograms per liter, multiply by 1.0] or N-terminal pro BNP >900 pg/mL); myocardial inflammation (doubling of troponin drawn within 6 hours final value: troponin ≥0.4 ng/L [to convert to micrograms per liter, multiply by 1.0], troponin T ≥15 ng/L [to convert to micrograms per liter, multiply by 1.0] in male patients, troponin T ≥10 ng/L in female patients, troponin I >0.04 ng/mL [to convert to micrograms per liter, multiply by 1.0]); liver dysfunction (any of the following: alanine aminotransferase >60 U/L [to convert to microkatals per liter, multiply by 0.0167], aspartate aminotransferase >80 U/L [to convert to microkatals per liter, multiply by 0.0167], serum albumin <3.0 g/dL [to convert to grams per liter, multiply by 10], international normalized ratio >2.0 [and not currently receiving warfarin, rivaroxaban, apixaban, edoxaban, or betrixaban]); cytokine stimulation (any of the following: fibrinogen <250 mg/dL [to convert to grams per liter, multiply by 0.01], C-reactive protein >7.0 mg/dL [to convert to milligrams per liter, multiply by 10], D-dimer [dimerized plasmin fragment D] >1000 ng/mL [to convert to nanomoles per liter, multiply by 5.476], erythrocyte sedimentation rate >30 mm/h, or triglycerides >265 mg/dL [to convert to millimoles per liter, multiply by 0.0113]).