Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of study population.
| Number | Range | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEMOGRAPHICS | ||||
| Total | 445 | |||
| Age mean (years) | 50.8 | 15–94 | ||
| <30 yrs | 30 | 6.7% | ||
| 30–60 yrs | 282 | 63.4% | ||
| >60 yrs | 133 | 29.9% | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 276 | 62.0% | ||
| Female | 169 | 38.0% | ||
| Nationality | Omani | 248 | 55.7% | |
| Non Omani | 197 | 44.3% | ||
| Region | Muscat | 326 | 73.3% | |
| Outside Muscat | 119 | 26.7% | ||
| Number | Range | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADMISSION INDICES | ||||
| Hospitalization Duration (days) | Mean | 11.8 | 1–92 | |
| Median (IQR) | 8.0 | |||
| Males (mean) | 12.4 | |||
| Females (mean) | 10.9 | |||
| Ordinal scale on admission | Males | Females | ||
| 0–4 | 58.6% | 41.4% | 66.4% | |
| 5–8 | 68.2% | 31.8% | 33.6% | |
| Ordinal scale on discharge | Males | Females | ||
| 0–4 | 61.4% | 38.6% | 82.6% | |
| 5–8 | 63.0% | 37.0% | 17.4% | |
| CURB Score on admission | Males (%) | Females (%) | ||
| 0 | 65.0% | 35.0% | 37.4% | |
| 1 | 59.3% | 40.7% | 33.3% | |
| 2 | 54.0% | 46.0% | 20.0% | |
| 3 | 76.7% | 23.3% | 6.9% | |
| 4 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 2.1% | |
| 5 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | |
| Mean | 1.0436 | |||
| Standard Deviation | 1.0528 | |||
| HID/ICU Hospitalization needed | No | 259 | 58.2% | |
| Yes | 186 | 41.8% | ||
| SOFA Score on Admission | Mean | 4.1 | ||
| Median (IQR) | 4 | |||
| HID/ICU Hospitalization needed | Males | Females | 41.8% | |
| 66.7% | 33.3% | |||
| % | |
|---|---|
| CO-MORBIDITIES | |
| DM | 46.1% |
| Hypertension | 46.7% |
| Dyslipidemia | 24.0% |
| Respiratory diseases | 11.0% |
| Heart diseases | 18.4% |
| Liver diseases | 8.3% |
| CKD (eGFR < 70) | 20.2% |
| Number | Range | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LABORATORY RESULTS | ||||
| Total White Cell Counts | Mean | 8.1 | 0.7–32.9 | |
| <2.2 | 2.9% | |||
| Lymphocyte count | Mean | 1.2 | 0–20.5 | |
| <1.2 | 68.5% | |||
| CRP | Mean | 118.1 | 1–362 | |
| >10 | 92.5% | |||
| Ferritin | Mean | 1458.4 | 2–71391 | |
| >708 | 55.6% | |||
| Corrected Calcium | Mean | 2.1 | 1.6–2.68 | |
| <2.1 | M = 65.6% | F = 34.4% | 68.8% | |
| Vitamin D | Mean | 66.6 | 17–128 | |
| <30 | 5.0% | |||
| Troponin | Mean | 311.5 | 2–32124 | |
| >14 | 53.0% | |||
| D-dimer | Mean | 5.1 | 0.05–80 | |
| >0.5 | 76.9% | |||
| Alanine Aminotransferase | Mean | 70.3 | 4–3300 | |
| >49 | 37.9% | |||
| Lactate Dehydrogenase | Mean | 515.6 | 126–4500 | |
| >246 | 88.3% | |||
| Number | Range | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLINICAL PROGRESSION | ||||
| Oxygen needed on admission | Mean | 6.2 | 0–15 | |
| 1–14 L/min | 35.9% | |||
| >15 L/min | 30.3% | |||
| ARDS | 29.0% | |||
| Sepsis | 8.6% | |||
| Intubated | 36.6% | |||
| NIV | 18.7% | |||
| Deceased | 17.7% | |||