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. 2021 Sep 8;27(12):1863.e1–1863.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.09.002

Table 1.

Comparison of patient cohorts, included were all diagnoses with at least one case in each group (non-pregnant versus pregnant)

No pregnancy
Pregnancy
Proportion (n)
Proportion (n)
First wave
Second wave
P Value
First wave
Second wave
P Value
n = 181 n = 1166 n = 48 n = 484
Age
 Mean (SD) 37.3 ± 9.4 37.3 ± 9.3 0.96 27.0 ± 6.3 29.1 ± 5.9 0.02
 ≤17 years 2.8% (5) 2.7% (31) 1.00 2.1% (1) 1.2% (6) 1.00
 18–29 years 22.1% (40) 19.6% (228) 0.49 62.5% (30) 53.1% (257) 0.27
 30–39 years 25.4% (46) 28.0% (326) 0.53 33.3% (16) 41.7% (202) 0.33
 40–49 years 49.7% (90) 49.8% (581) 1.00 2.1% (1) 3.9% (19) 0.81
Elixhauser co-morbidity index
 Mean (SD) 2.4 ± 5.7 3.1 ± 7.1 0.21 -0.2 ± 2.0 0.3 ± 3.5 0.30
 <0 17.1% (31) 18.4% (215) 0.75 18.8% (9) 16.3% (79) 0.82
 0 50.3% (91) 45.5% (530) 0.26 79.2% (38) 75.4% (365) 0.69
 1–4 6.1% (11) 6.2% (72) 1.00 0.0% (0) 1.4% (7) 0.86
 5 26.5% (48) 29.9% (349) 0.40 2.1% (1) 6.8% (33) 0.33
Congestive heart failure
 yes 1.7% (3) 2.1% (24) 0.94 0.0% (0) 0.2% (1) 1.00
Cardiac arrhythmias
 yes 1.7% (3) 3.9% (45) 0.20 0.0% (0) 0.4% (2) 1.00
Valvular disease
 yes 0.0% (0) 0.7% (8) 0.55 0.0% (0) 0.2% (1) 1.00
Hypertension, uncomplicated
 yes 11.6% (21) 14.8% (173) 0.30 2.1% (1) 0.6% (3) 0.81
Chronic pulmonary disease
 yes 9.4% (17) 8.0% (93) 0.62 0.0% (0) 0.6% (3) 1.00
Diabetes, uncomplicated
 yes 6.1% (11) 7.6% (89) 0.55 6.2% (3) 5.6% (27) 1.00
Hypothyroidism
 yes 7.2% (13) 12.8% (149) 0.04 2.1% (1) 3.5% (17) 0.92
Liver disease
 yes 0.0% (0) 3.2% (37) 0.03 0.0% (0) 0.8% (4) 1.00
Solid tumour without metastasis
 yes 1.7% (3) 2.0% (23) 1.00 0.0% (0) 0.4% (2) 1.00
Coagulopathy
 yes 1.1% (2) 1.9% (22) 0.66 0.0% (0) 2.7% (13) 0.51
Obesity
 yes 13.8% (25) 14.9% (174) 0.78 2.1% (1) 6.2% (30) 0.40
Fluid and electrolyte disorders
 yes 19.3% (35) 21.9% (255) 0.50 2.1% (1) 4.3% (21) 0.71
Blood loss anaemia
 yes 0.0% (0) 0.4% (5) 0.82 0.0% (0) 0.2% (1) 1.00
Deficiency anaemia
 yes 3.3% (6) 2.1% (24) 0.43 16.7% (8) 11.4% (55) 0.40
Drug abuse
 yes 0.0% (0) 0.3% (3) 1.00 0.0% (0) 0.2% (1) 1.00
Depression
 yes 2.8% (5) 5.5% (64) 0.17 0.0% (0) 0.2% (1) 1.00