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. 2021 Jul 28;17(3):839–844. doi: 10.1007/s11739-021-02805-w

Table 2.

Demographic, clinical and laboratory variables associated with outcomes

Variables N Best cut-off Sens (best cutoff) Spec (best cutoff) p value
Age 117  > 84 38.0% 80.3% 0.220
Smoke (past) 30 22.2% 47.6% 0.106
Social distancing—R (above 1 m) 115 33.3% 77.6% 0.192
CHD 117 8.0% 79.1% 0.056
Overweight 82 28.6% 93.6% 0.007
Dementia 117 30.0% 79.1% 0.259
Number of drugs 115  ≥  6 44.9% 80.3% 0.207
Not 100% self-sufficient 115 20.8% 83.6% 0.546
Confined in bed 115 22.9% 91.0% 0.038
Fever 117 78.0% 26.9% 0.547
Cough 117 34.0% 59.7% 0.487
Dyspnea 117 72.0% 41.8% 0.124
Tachypnoea 107 56.3% 76.3% 0.001
Cyanosis 106 21.3% 96.6% 0.004
Braden total 101  < 18 84.8% 63.6% 0.000
PO2 54  < 54.4 70.0% 88.2% 0.000
HCO3 37  < 23.0 78.6% 78.3% 0.010
Lactate 49  ≥ 1.3 70.0% 72.4% 0.003
P/F 76  < 257 74.3% 70,7% 0.000
SpO2% 102  < 95 85.7% 51.7% 0.010
PCR 112  ≥ 89.8 68.8% 70.3% 0.000
PCT 90  ≥ 0.18 66.7% 76.5% 0.000
Fibrinogen 103  < 511 51.2% 68.9% 0.182
LDH 97  ≥ 439 61.0% 87.5% 0.000
AST 95  ≥ 44 61.0% 74.1% 0.004
Creat 111  ≥ 1.57 33.3% 84.1% 0.031
CPK 105  ≥ 84 83.3% 43.9% 0.003
CPAP 117 58.0% 79.1% 0.000

CHD, coronary heart disease; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; PCT, procalcitonin; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; CPK, creatine phosphokinase; CPAP, continuous positive airway pressure