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. 2021 Aug 28;36(7):1949–1955. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.08.036

Table 2.

Descriptive Statistics: Patient Characteristics and Prescribed Therapy in Patients With Normal/Reduced Physical and Mental Components

Parameter Patients With a Normal Physical Component
n = 40
Patients With a Reduced Physical Component
n = 85
p Value Patients With a Normal Mental Component
n = 65
Patients With a Reduced Mental Component
n = 60
p Value
Medical and demographic parameters
Sex, female 8 (20.0%) 43 (50.6%) 0.002 27 (41.5%) 24 (40.0%) 0.9
Age, y 50.0 (IQR: 40.3-58.0) 58.0 (IQR: 51.0-65.5) <0.001 54.0 (IQR: 48.5-62.0) 57.0 (IQR: 48.0-66.0) 0.2
Body mass index, kg/m2 28.1 (IQR: 25.1-31.8) 28.0 (IQR: 25.2-36.8) 0.8 29.4 (IQR: 27.0-37.6) 26.0 (IQR: 24.5-32.5) 0.013
Mechanical ventilation 2 (5.0%) 5 (5.9%) 0.9 3 (4.6%) 4 (6.7%) 0.7
Characteristics of the severity of the condition on admission
SOFA, score 1.0 (IQR: 1.0-2.0) 1.0 (IQR: 1.0-2.0) 0.9 1.0 (IQR: 1.0-2.0) 1.5 (IQR: 1.0-2.0) 0.6
NEWS, score 7.0 (IQR: 5.0-8.0) 7.0 (IQR: 5.0-8.0) 0.7 7.0 (IQR: 5.0-9.0) 7 (IQR: 5.0-8.0) 0.4
CT, no involvement 3 (7.5%) 11 (12.9%) 0.5 5 (7.7%) 9 (15.0%) 0.3
CT, 1-25% involvement 3 (7.5%) 5 (5.9%) 0.7 6 (9.2%) 2 (3.3%) 0.3
CT, 26-49% involvement 11 (27.5%) 20 (23.5%) 0.7 18 (27.7%) 13 (21.7%) 0.5
CT, 50-75% involvement 19 (47.5%) 40 (47.1%) 0.9 30 (46.2%) 29 (48.3%) 0.9
CT, 76-100% involvement 4 (10.0%) 9 (10.6%) 0.9 6 (9.2%) 7 (11.7%) 0.8
Length of stay, d
Intensive care unit stay 4.5 (IQR: 3.0-7.0) 5.0 (IQR: 3.0-7.0) 0.9 5.0 (IQR: 3.0-7.0) 4.0 (IQR: 3.0-7.0) 0.7
Hospital stay 16.0 (IQR: 12.3-18.0) 16.0 (IQR: 12.0-22.5) 0.7 16.0 (IQR: 13.0-19.5) 17.0 (IQR: 12.0-22.8) 0.7
Prescribed therapy
Enoxaparin 29 (72.5%) 44 (51.8%) 0.03 42 (64.6%) 31 (51.7%) 0.2
Unfractionated Heparin 9 (22.5%) 27 (31.8%) 0.4 20 (30.8%) 16 (26.7%) 0.7
Tocilizumab 17 (42.5%) 31 (36.5%) 0.6 26 (40.0%) 22 (36.7%) 0.7
Hydroxychloroquine 28 (70.0%) 56 (65.9%) 0.7 50 (76.9%) 34 (56.7%) 0.022
Antiviral therapy 14 (35.0%) 27 (31.8%) 0.8 23 (35.4%) 18 (30.0%) 0.6

Abbreviations: CT, computed tomography; IQR, interquartile range; NEWS, National Early Warning Score; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.