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. 2021 Jun 15;11(6):e047007. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047007

Table 4.

Characteristics of patients stratified by non-fatal/fatal cases and severity during hospitalisation

Nonfatal (n=3129) Fatal
(n=243)
No oxygen
(n=1988)
Oxgen
(n=1035)
IMV/ECMO
(n=353)
Fatal cases 6 (0) 137 (13) 100 (28)
Severity on admission
 Nonsevere 2155 (69) 39 (16) 1796 (90) 357 (35) 43 (12)
 Severe 974 (31) 204 (84) 192 (10) 678 (66) 310 (88)
Worst severity during hospitalisation
 No oxygen 1980 (63) 6 (3)
 Oxygen 897 (29) 137 (56)
 IMV/ECMO 252 (8) 100 (41)
Days between onset and admission (median (IQR)) 7 (4, 10) 5 (2, 8) 7 (4, 10) 6 (3, 9) 7 (5, 10)
Age (median (IQR)) 54 (40, 68) 80 (71, 86) 48 (33, 61) 68 (53, 80) 65 (56, 74)
Male 1899 (61) 161 (66) 1083 (55) 694 (67) 285 (81)
BMI (median (IQR)) 23.3(20.8, 26.3) 22.7(19.4, 25.7) 22.6(20.2, 25.5) 24.0(21.5, 27.0) 24.8(22.6, 27.8)
Cardiovascular disease 129 (4) 54 (22) 48 (2) 106 (10) 29 (8)
Respiratory disease 103 (3) 35 (14) 29 (2) 78 (8) 33 (9)
Liver disease 75 (2) 13 (5) 36 (2) 32 (3) 20 (6)
Cerebrovascular disease 135 (4) 51 (21) 57 (3) 105 (10) 25 (7)
Asthma 157 (5) 9 (4) 92 (5) 52 (5) 22 (6)
Diabetes 475 (15) 86 (35) 197 (10) 244 (24) 121 (34)
Obesity 169 (5) 9 (4) 70 (4) 75 (7) 33 (9)
Severe renal disease or dialysis 34 (1) 13 (5) 14 (1) 21 (2) 12 (3)
Solid tumour 114 (4) 31 (13) 60 (3) 63 (6) 22 (6)
Leukaemia 9 (0) 4 (2) 6 (0) 7 (1) 0 (0)
Lymphoma 13 (0) 12 (5) 6 (0) 16 (2) 3 (1)
Hypertension 551 (18) 70 (29) 234 (12) 274 (27) 115 (33)
Hyperlipidaemia 305 (10) 26 (11) 148 (7) 124 (12) 61 (17)
Use of steroid in 1 month 10 (0) 5 (2) 4 (0) 8 (1) 4 (1)
Chemotherapy in 3 months 38 (1) 18 (7) 21 (1) 30 (3) 5 (1)
Immunosuppressants** use in 3 months 37 (1) 7 (3) 18 (1) 18 (2) 8 (2)
Fever (≥37.5℃) 1737 (56) 199 (82) 897 (45) 758 (74) 285 (82)
Cough 1770 (58) 112 (52) 1034 (53) 643 (64) 206 (69)
Sore throat 459 (17) 23 (16) 316 (18) 125 (15) 41 (16)
Runny nose 311 (11) 13 (7) 224 (12) 79 (9) 22 (8)
Chest pain 136 (5) 3 (2) 88 (5) 46 (6) 5 (2)
Myalgia 242 (9) 9 (7) 148 (8) 84 (10) 19 (7)
Headache 486 (18) 11 (8) 333 (18) 138 (17) 26 (10)
Confusion 60 (2) 29 (14) 19 (1) 54 (6) 16 (5)
Fatigue 1323 (46) 104 (62) 709 (38) 560 (62) 160 (58)
Abdominal pain 79 (3) 5 (3) 53 (3) 25 (3) 6 (2)
Vomit 139 (5) 8 (5) 80 (4) 51 (6) 16 (6)
Diarrhoea 397 (14) 18 (9) 236 (13) 143 (15) 36 (13)
Dysgeusia 128 (17) 25 (10) 454 (26) 128 (17) 25 (10)
Dysosmia 103 (14) 13 (6) 402 (23) 103 (14) 13 (6)

*Immunosupprenssants other than steroids.

IMV/ECMO, invasive mechanical ventilation/extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.