Table 2.
Univariate analysis.
| Variable | Control group |
Case group |
p-value |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of patients | (SD) | No. of patients | (SD) | ||
| Sociodemographic variables | |||||
| Sex (male) | 107 | 56.3 % | 63 | 67.0 % | 0.116c |
| Age | 190 | 65.18 (15.21) | 94 | 73.41 (13.86) | <0.001a |
| Braden | 41 | 14.49 (2.42) | 44 | 12.68 (2.68) | 0.004a |
| Barthel | 190 | 88.87 (23.93) | 94 | 64.52 (35.48) | <0.001a |
| Charlson | 184 | 1.56 (1.81) | 89 | 2.56 (2.35) | <0.001a |
| Laboratory variables | |||||
| D-dimer (ng/mL) on admission | 190 | 3132.81 (12231.6) | 94 | 7347.72 (18248.8) | 0.006a |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) on admission | 177 | 0.980 (0.934) | 84 | 1.025 (0.869) | 0.053a |
| LDH (U/L) on admission | 40 | 248.5 (147.01) | 25 | 336.0 (158.85) | 0.097a |
| Absolute lymphocytes/mL on admission | 190 | 1.28 (0.88) | 83 | 1.41 (2.00) | 0.009a |
| Ferritin (ng/L) on admission | 63 | 601.3 (690.76) | 35 | 804.6 (1767.34) | 0.096a |
| Hb (g/dL) on admission | 173 | 137 (19.89) | 85 | 133 (21.84) | 0.156a |
| C-reactive protein (CRP) (mg/dL) on admission | 83 | 8.54 (28.48) | 41 | 12.32 (11.56) | 0.145a |
| D-dimer (ng/mL) during hospitalisation | 146 | 5306.78 (31669.9) | 72 | 5449.33 (11906.3) | <0.001a |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) during hospitalisation | 171 | 0.840 (0.78) | 88 | 0.920 (1.46) | 0.021a |
| LDH (U/L) during hospitalisation | 124 | 276.5 (1507.42) | 60 | 295.0 (164.88) | 0.069a |
| Absolute lymphocytes/mL during hospitalisation | 190 | 1.58 (2.76) | 94 | 1.59 (2.71) | 0.007a |
| Ferritin (ng/L) during hospitalisation | 190 | 673.3 (10711.65) | 94 | 902.05 (1103.74) | 0.073a |
| Hb (g/dL) during hospitalisation | 169 | 124.32 (18.31) | 88 | 118.97 (19.99) | 0.033a |
| C-reactive protein (CRP) (mg/dL) during hospitalisation | 190 | 5.795 (15.85) | 94 | 8.110 (8.72) | 0.3523a |
| Clinical variables | |||||
| Body temperature (°C) in triage | 185 | 36.95 (1.03) | 93 | 36.64 (0.95) | 0.018a |
| Oxygen saturation on room air (%) in triage | 180 | 94.03 (4.91) | 90 | 91.72 (7.98) | 0.04a |
| Diastolic pressure (mmHg) in triage | 184 | 74.27 (14.40) | 92 | 70.93 (14.74) | 0.073b |
| Respiratory rate (breaths/min) in triage | 190 | 21.09 (6.16) | 94 | 22.64(6.70) | 0.180b |
| Body temperature (°C) during hospitalisation | 190 | 36.46 (0.91) | 94 | 36.52 (0.88) | 0.665a |
| Oxygen saturation on room air (%) during hospitalisation | 190 | 94.60 (3.07) | 94 | 93.80 (3.98) | 0.144a |
| Respiratory rate (breaths/min) during hospitalisation | 30 | 23.53 (7.85) | 18 | 26.83 (9.53) | 0.038b |
Mann-Whitney U test.
Student's t-test.
McNemar's test.