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. 2021 Mar 8;9(1):E181–E188. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20200250

Table 1:

Characteristics of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 admitted to hospital and intensive care

Characteristic No. (%)*
All patients admitted to hospital
n = 811
Patients admitted to ICU
n = 328
Age, yr, median (IQR) 64 (53–75) 65 (54–72)
Age, yr
 < 19 26 (3.2) 5 (1.5)
 > 70 40 (4.9) 23 (7.0)
Sex, female 315 (38.8) 105 (32.0)
Comorbidities
 Hypertension 361 (44.5) 149 (45.4)
 Diabetes 203 (25.0) 90 (27.4)
 Cardiac disease 171 (21.1) 67 (20.4)
 Chronic kidney disease 102 (12.6) 67 (20.4)
 Liver disease 30 (3.7) 14 (4.3)
 Asthma 90 (11.1) 38 (11.6)
 Smoking 37 (4.6) 16 (4.9)
 Obesity 23 (2.8) 15 (4.6)
 AIDS/HIV 8 (1.0) 3 (0.9)
 Malignant neoplasm 28 (3.5) 13 (4.0)
Pregnancy 12 (1.5) 0
Time from symptom onset to hospital admission, d, mean ± SD 12.5 ± 8.8 15.0 ± 9.3
Overall mortality 166 (20.5) 86 (26.2)

Note: ICU = intensive care unit, IQR = interquartile range, SD = standard deviation.]

*

Unless stated otherwise.

Of the 811 patients in hospital, 328 were admitted to ICU and 483 were treated on the ward.

Sex was unreported in 1 patient.