Table 2. Characteristics by end-of-study status in laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in nursing home residents in the city of Barcelona, 24 February–4 May 2020 (n = 3,137).
End-of-study status | Overall n = 3,137 |
Alive n = 2,334 |
Deceased n = 803 |
p value | |||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Age (median (IQR)) | 88 (83–92) | 88 (82–92) | 88 (84–93) | < 0.001 | |||
Sex | < 0.001 | ||||||
Female | 2,323 | 74.1 | 1,801 | 77.2 | 522 | 65.0 | |
Hospitalised | 1,064 | 33.9 | 561 | 24.0 | 503 | 62.6 | < 0.001 |
ICU | 33 | 1.1 | 16 | 0.7 | 17 | 2.1 | < 0.001 |
Symptomsa | |||||||
Pneumonia | 581 | 46.0 | 300 | 40.2 | 281 | 54.4 | < 0.001 |
Dyspnoea | 686 | 54.3 | 343 | 46.0 | 343 | 66.3 | < 0.001 |
ARDS | 116 | 9.2 | 45 | 6.0 | 71 | 13.7 | < 0.001 |
AKI | 79 | 6.3 | 39 | 5.2 | 40 | 7.7 | < 0.001 |
Chronic conditionsa | |||||||
Cardiovascular | 718 | 56.8 | 397 | 53.2 | 321 | 62.1 | < 0.001 |
Diabetes | 297 | 23.5 | 168 | 22.5 | 129 | 25.0 | < 0.001 |
Respiratory | 207 | 16.4 | 124 | 16.6 | 83 | 16.1 | < 0.001 |
Neurological | 493 | 39.0 | 266 | 35.7 | 227 | 43.9 | < 0.001 |
Kidney disease | 236 | 18.7 | 128 | 17.2 | 108 | 20.9 | < 0.001 |
Cancer | 113 | 8.9 | 58 | 7.8 | 55 | 10.6 | < 0.001 |
Liver disease | 39 | 3.1 | 22 | 2.9 | 17 | 3.3 | < 0.001 |
SES | 0.035 | ||||||
Low | 395 | 12.6 | 295 | 12.6 | 100 | 12.5 | |
Medium-low | 928 | 29.6 | 712 | 30.5 | 216 | 26.9 | |
Medium-high | 941 | 30.0 | 695 | 29.8 | 246 | 30.6 | |
High | 873 | 27.8 | 632 | 27.1 | 241 | 30.0 | |
Days from symptom onset to diagnosis (median (IQR)) | 4 (1–9) | 5 (2–11) | 3 (1–8) | < 0.001 |
AKI: acute kidney injury; ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome; COVID-19: coronavirus disease; ICU: intensive care unit upon admission; IQR: interquartile range; SES: socio-economic status; NA: not applicable.
a Multiple symptoms and/or chronic conditions can exist for each case.
Values are n (%) unless otherwise specified. Percentages for symptoms and chronic conditions are calculated based on the number of surveyed cases (n = 1,263; 746 alive and 517 deceased).