Table 1.
Characteristics of inpatients with airway infections
| All (n = 136) |
COVID19+ (n = 47) |
COVID19– (n = 89) |
Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (± SD, range) | 68 (± 17.54, 23–97) | 70 (± 17.65, 23–94) | 67 (± 17.51, 24–97) | 0.420 | |
| Male gender, n (%) | 90 (66.2) | 31 (66.0) | 59 (66.3) | 0.985 (0.481–2.141) | 0.969 |
| Manchester triage, n (%) | |||||
| Red | 14 (10.3) | 4 (8.5) | 10 (11.2) | 0.735 (0.217–2.483) | 0.619 |
| Orange | 12 (8.8) | 3 (6.4) | 9 (10.1) | 0.606 (0.156–2.355) | 0.466 |
| Yellow | 50 (36.8) | 15 (31.9) | 35 (39.3) | 0.723 (0.343–1.525) | 0.394 |
| Green | 58 (42.6) | 25 (53.2) | 33 (37.1) | 1.928 (0.942–3.948) | 0.071 |
| Blue | 2 (1.5) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.2) | 0.987 (0.947–1.009) | 0.301 |
| Medical history, positive for, n (%) | |||||
| Cardiac | 85 (62.5) | 29 (61.7) | 56 (62.9) | 0.904 (0.436–1.877) | 0.769 |
| Pulmonary | 44 (32.4) | 10 (21.3) | 34 (38.2) | 0.429 (0.189–0.973) | 0.108 |
| PE/thrombosis | 9 (6.6) | 2 (4.3) | 7 (7.9) | 0.53 (0.106–2.673) | 0.437 |
| Renal | 26 (2.9) | 4 (8.5) | 22 (24.7) | 0.283 (0.091–0.879) | 0.025 |
| Cancer | 31 (22.8) | 10 (21.3) | 21 (23.6) | 0.87 (0.373–2.053) | 0.808 |
| Smoker, n (%) | |||||
| Never | 26 (19.1) | 9 (19.1) | 17 (19.1) | 0.997 (0.406–2.448) | 0.995 |
| Yes | 16 (11.8) | 1 (2.1) | 15 (16.9) | 0.107 (0.014–0.839) | 0.011 |
| Quitted | 9 (6.6) | 4 (8.5) | 5 (5.6) | 0.640 (0.163–2.506) | 0.519 |
| Unknown | 85 (62.5) | 33 (70.2) | 52 (58.4) | 0.596 (0.281–1.267) | 0.177 |
Bold values mark a significant parameter (p < 0,05) and were used to improve readibility and to emphasize main results