Table 1.
Patient characteristics from an observational cross-sectional study of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 conducted in Chicago, Illinois, between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020, investigating the relationship between alcohol use and COVID-19 disease severity.
| Demographics | Values | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 59.15 (17.52) | |
| Sex, n (%) | ||
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Male | 1793 (51.52) |
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Female | 1687 (48.48) |
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | ||
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Non-Hispanic White | 713 (20.49) |
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Non-Hispanic Black | 1447 (41.58) |
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Hispanic | 1010 (29.02) |
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Other | 310 (8.91) |
| BMI, mean (SD) | 31.62 (10.18) | |
| Smoking status, n (%) | ||
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Never smoker | 1631 (61.22) |
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Quit | 815 (30.59) |
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Current smoker (some days) | 61 (2.29) |
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Current smoker (every day) | 157 (5.89) |
| Length of hospital stay (days), mean (SD) | 8.39 (9.28) | |
| Minimum oxygen saturation (%), mean (SD) | 81.04 (18.34) | |
| Insurance status, n (%) | ||
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Medicaid | 1268 (36.44) |
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Medicare | 1099 (31.58) |
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Private | 817 (23.48) |
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Other | 296 (8.51) |
| International Classification of Disease, n (%) | ||
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Cancer | 117 (3.36) |
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Cardiovascular | 393 (11.29) |
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Diabetes | 215 (6.18) |