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. 2021 Oct;191(10):1754–1773. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2021.07.002

Table 1.

Summary of Pertinent Patient Metadata for the 12,476 Unique Patients

Variable B.1.1.7 variant Other variants Total Statistical analysis
Patients with data 3276 (26.3) 9200 (73.7) 12,476
Patient characteristics
 Median age, years 49.9 53.7 52.5 P < 0.0001
(U-test)
 Female sex 1693 (51.7) 4880 (53.0) 6573 (52.7) P = 0.1854
(Fisher exact test)
 Male sex 1583 (48.3) 4320 (47.0) 5903 (47.3)
Race/ethnicity
 White 1304 (40.1) 3720 (40.6) 5024 (40.5) P < 0.0001
2 test)
 Hispanic or Latino 945 (29.1) 2720 (29.7) 3665 (29.5)
 Black 748 (23.0) 1644 (18.0) 2392 (19.3)
 Asian 128 (3.9) 549 (6.0) 677 (5.5)
 Native American 16 (0.5) 28 (0.3) 44 (0.4)
 Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 3 (0.1) 23 (0.3) 26 (0.2)
 Unavailable 107 (3.3) 472 (5.2) 579 (4.7)
BMI, kg/m2
 Median 30.4 29.5 n = 11,009 P < 0.0001
(U-test)
 <18.5 48 (1.5) 140 (1.5) 188 (1.5) P < 0.0001
2 test)
 18.5–25 506 (15.4) 1608 (17.5) 2114 (16.9)
 25–30 857 (26.2) 2520 (27.4) 3377 (27.1)
 30–35 740 (22.6) 1833 (19.9) 2573 (20.6)
 ≥35 811 (24.8) 1946 (21.2) 2757 (22.1)
 Unknown 314 (9.6) 1153 (12.5) 1467 (11.8)
Admission data
 Admitted 1768 (54.0) 4265 (46.4) 6033 (48.4) P < 0.0001
(Fisher exact test)
Odds ratio: 1.357 (95% CI, 1.252–1.469)
 Not admitted 1508 (46.0) 4935 (53.6) 6443 (51.6)
 Median LOS, days 5.1 5.2 5.2 P = 0.8917
(U-test)
Maximum respiratory support
 ECMO 8 (0.5) 17 (0.4) 25 (0.4) P = 0.0135
2 test)
 Mechanical ventilation 150 (8.5) 365 (8.6) 515 (8.5)
 Noninvasive ventilation 169 (9.6) 433 (10.2) 602 (10.0)
 High-flow oxygen 358 (20.2) 696 (16.3) 1054 (17.5)
 Low-flow oxygen 734 (41.5) 1830 (42.9) 2564 (42.5)
 Room air 349 (19.7) 924 (21.7) 1273 (21.1)
Mortality
 Alive 3132 (95.6) 8760 (95.2) 11,892 (95.3) P = 0.3862
(Fisher exact test)
Odds ratio: 0.915 (95% CI, 0.755–1.111)
 Deceased 144 (4.4) 440 (4.8) 584 (4.7)
Median PCR CT
 Abbott Alinity 23.9 (n = 1133) 26.8 (n = 3344) n = 4477 P < 0.0001
(U-test)
 Hologic Panther 25.0 (n = 385) 26.2 (n = 1574) n = 1959 P = 0.0274
(U-test)
Vaccine
 No vaccine 3023 (92.3) 8715 (94.7) 11,738 (94.1) P < 0.0001
2 test)
 >7 Days past first vaccine 127 (3.9) 404 (4.4) 531 (4.3)
 >14 Days past second vaccine 126 (3.8) 81 (0.9) 207 (1.7)

Data are given as n (%), unless otherwise indicated. Data include 12,476 unique patients with high-quality sequence results between January 1, 2021, and May 31, 2021.

BMI, body mass index; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; LOS, length of stay.