Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the patients.

	Males (n = 444)		Females (n = 533)		Total (n = 977)		P-value
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age at admission (years)	58.81	13.8	61.27	16.7	60.15	15.47	0.05
Hospital stay length (days)	10.94	11.25	10.53	9.9	10.71	10.52	0.04*
Body mass index	31.49	9.7	36.72	11.21	34.35	10.87	0.1
Heart rate	81.6	6.34	90	16.6	85.9	12.8	0.044*
Systolic blood pressure	120	10.95	126.5	22.4	123.25	17.15	0.047*
Diastolic blood pressure	72	10.48	77.66	16.46	74.83	13.48	0.051
Oxygen saturation	92.33	2.06	90.33	5.81	91.33	4.29	0.063
Temperature (Celsius)	38.1	0.75	38.66	0.9	38.38	0.83	0.03*
Respiratory rate	21.2	1.16	21.5	5.13	21.33	3.55	0.04*
Glasgow coma scale	14	1.095	14.17	1.17	14.08	1.08	0.32
pH	7.35	0.18	7.43	0.08	7.39	0.14	0.12
Hemoglobin (g/L)	144.33	7.17	139.83	16.83	142.08	12.6	0.14
Lymphocytes (109/L)	3.372	1.67	1.16	0.93	2.27	1.73	0.04*
Neutrophils (109/L)	5.43	1.8	15.98	10.57	10.7	9.1	0.047*
C-reactive protein test (mg/L)	49.16	10.33	91.33	20.9	70.25	15.4	0.039*
D-Dimer (ng/mL)	34.9	5.1	11.76	9.13	23.33	6.8	0.046*

^*Denotes statistical significance.