Table. Demographic Characteristics of Patients According to Type of SARS-CoV-2–Related Admission.
Characteristic | Type of admission, No. (%) | P value | |
---|---|---|---|
Acute COVID-19 (n = 683) | MIS-A (n = 15) | ||
Age, median (range), y | 56.5 (21.2-96.9) | 45.1 (21.3-84.0) | .02 |
Sex | |||
Female | 321 (47.0) | 5 (33.3) | .43 |
Male | 362 (53.0) | 10 (66.7) | |
Self-reported race | |||
Asian | 18 (2.6) | 2 (13.3) | .07 |
Black | 165 (24.2) | 4 (26.7) | |
White | 403 (59.0) | 3 (20.0) | |
Other or unknowna | 97 (14.2) | 6 (40.0) | |
Self-reported ethnicity | .95 | ||
Hispanic | 88 (12.9) | 2 (13.3) | |
Non-Hispanic | 561 (82.1) | 12 (80.0) | |
Unknown | 34 (5.0) | 1 (6.7) | |
Underlying comorbid conditionsb | |||
Any | 522 (76.4) | 10 (66.7) | .57 |
Hypertension | 173 (25.3) | 3 (20.0) | .86 |
Coronary artery disease | 94 (13.8) | 1 (6.7) | .68 |
Heart failure | 55 (8.1) | 0 | .51 |
Diabetes mellitus | 249 (36.5) | 3 (20.0) | .30 |
Cancer | 169 (24.7) | 4 (26.7) | >.99 |
Inflammatory | 19 (2.8) | 0 | >.99 |
COPD | 55 (8.1) | 0 | .51 |
Chronic kidney disease | 101 (14.8) | 3 (20.0) | .85 |
Obesity (BMI >30) | 289 (42.3) | 5 (33.3) | .66 |
No. of comorbid conditions, median (range) | 1 (0-8) | 1 (0-5) | .22 |
BMI, median (range) | 29.01 (14.4-72.8) | 29.2 (20.1-39.2) | .80 |
Length of admission, median (range),dc | 5 (0-73) | 4 (2-10) | .44 |
Diagnostic method | |||
RT-PCR | 683 (100) | 6 (40.0) | <.001 |
Serologic testing | 0 | 9 (60.0) |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MIS-A, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults; RT-PCR, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction.
Other races were Pacific Islander and Native American.
The listed underlying comorbidities were extracted from the electronic health records using diagnostic and procedure codes specified in eTable 1 in the Supplement.
For patients with MIS-A who also had an acute COVID-19 admission, length of admission represents that of MIS-A admission only.