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. 2021 Sep 13;178(1):129–136. doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2021.08.002

Table 1.

Patients’ characteristics in alive and dead groups.

Feature Group
Group
Alive (n = 2586) Dead (n = 1146) p COV (n = 3110) COV + AD (n = 363) COV + PD (n =259) p
Intubation (%) 75 (2.9) 514 (44.9) < 0.001* 476 (15.3) 67 (18.5) 46 (17.8) 0.197
Mean (SD) age (year) 76.1 (10.1) 79.7 (8.3) < 0.001* 77.2 (9.7) 80.2 (7.9) 73 (10.5) 0.001*
Woman (%) 978 (37.8) 420 (36.6) 0.519 1165 (37.5) 153 (42.1) 80 (30.9) 0.017*
Mean (SD) PaO2 (mmHg) 88.4 (7.9) 81.9 (13.1) < 0.001* 86.5 (10.2) 85.5 (10.7) 86.3 (9.7) 0.271
O2 therapy early at admission (%) 1293 (50.0) 687 (59.9) < 0.001* 1635 (52.6) 215 (59.2) 130 (50.2) 0.035*
Respiratory Rate (%)
 < 14 4 (0.2) 13 (1.1) < 0.001* 14 (0.5) 2 (0.6) 1 (0.4) 0.921
 14–18 669 (25.9) 246 (21.5) 770 (24.8) 83 (22.9) 62 (23.9)
 18–22 1417 (54.8) 560 (48.9) 1656 (53.2) 188 (51.8) 133 (51.4)
 22–28 431 (16.7) 263 (22.9) 564 (18.1) 76 (20.9) 54 (20.8)
 > 28 65 (2.5) 64 (5.6) 106 (3.4) 14 (3.9) 9 (3.5)
Mean (SD) Temperature (°C) 37.2 (1.6) 37.2 (0.7) 0.785 37.2 (1.5) 37.2 (0.7) 37.3 (0.7) 0.989
Fever (%) 837 (32.4) 382 (33.3) 0.587 1004 (32.3) 121 (33.3) 94 (36.3) 0.4
Loss of Consciousness (%) 153 (5.9) 210 (18.3) < 0.001* 238 (7.7) 81 (22.3) 44 (17) < 0.001*
Respiratory Distress (%) 1451 (56.1) 813 (70.9) < 0.001* 1911 (61.4) 202 (55.6) 151 (58.3) 0.073
Myalgia (%) 803 (31.1) 305 (26.6) 0.007* 997 (32.1) 59 (16.3) 52 (20.1) < 0.001*
Cough (%) 1105 (42.7) 486 (42.4) 0.883 1383 (44.5) 125 (34.4) 83 (32.0) < 0.001*
Systolic Hypertension (%) 821 (31.7) 410 (35.8) 0.017* 1019 (32.8) 117 (32.2) 95 (36.7) 0.415
Nausea (%) 219 (8.5) 75 (6.5) 0.052 268 (8.6) 13 (3.6) 13 (5.0) < 0.001*
Anorexia (%) 397 (15.4) 150 (13.1) 0.08 459 (14.8) 53 (14.6) 35 (13.5) 0.862
Headache (%) 218 (8.4) 57 (5.0) < 0.001* 252 (8.1) 10 (2.8) 13 (5.0) < 0.001*
Diabetes (%) 529 (20.5) 268 (23.4) 0.049* 672 (21.6) 80 (22) 45 (17.4) 0.264
Cardiovascular Disease (%) 470 (18.2) 274 (23.9) < 0.001* 640 (20.6) 57 (15.7) 47 (18.1) 0.067
Positive Contact History (%) 1203 (46.5) 537 (46.9) 0.876 1452 (46.7) 170 (46.8) 118 (45.6) 0.937
Mean (SD) Start of symptoms before admission (days) 5.6 (3.9) 5.3 (4.1) 0.042* 5.5 (3.9) 5.4 (4.4) 5.7 (4.5) 0.594
COV (%) 2191 (84.7) 919 (80.2) < 0.001*
COV + AD (%) 227 (8.8) 136 (11.9) 0.004*
COV + PD (%) 168 (6.5) 91 (7.9) 0.127

Categorical variables were compared with χ2, and continuous variables were compared with t-test for independent samples between alive and dead groups, and with ANOVA test among COV, COV + AD, and COV + PD groups. SD: Standard Deviation; PaO2: Partial Pressure of Oxygen; COV: Patient with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 infection; AD: Alzheimer's Disease; PD: Parkinson's Disease.

*

Significant at p < 0.05.

Approaching significance.