Table 1.
Demographic and admission clinical characteristics of hospitalized individuals in the AHA COVID-19 registry, March-December 2020
| NHW | AAPIa | Chinese | Asian Indian | Pacific Islander | Vietnamese | Hispanicb | Mexican | Puerto Rican | |
| N | 7926 | 902 | 149 | 77 | 74 | 61 | 4683 | 681 | 46 |
| Demographics | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years, mean (SD) | 66.9 (17.3) | 61.2 (17.5) | 69.3 (16.0) | 60.4 (17.4) | 49.4 (16.7) | 65.4 (13.2) | 55.1 (17.5) | 57.4 (16.9) | 65.1 (17.8) |
| Female | 3588 (45%) | 406 (45%) | 58 (39%) | 30 (39%) | 42 (57%) | 19 (31%) | 1999 (43%) | 279 (41%) | 27 (59%) |
| Insurance | |||||||||
| Private | 2980 (38%) | 360 (40%) | 33 (22%) | 31 (42%) | 31 (42%) | 23 (38%) | 1243 (27%) | 238 (35%) | 14 (30%) |
| Public | 4721 (60%) | 509 (56%) | 112 (75%) | 43 (56%) | 35 (47%) | 35 (57%) | 2930 (63%) | 416 (61%) | 31 (67%) |
| Other | 225 (3%) | 33 (4%) | 4 (3%) | 2 (3%) | 8 (11%) | 3 (5%) | 510 (11%) | 27 (4%) | 1 (2%) |
| Medical History | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obesityc | 3179 (40%) | 186 (21%) | 10 (7%) | 13 (17%) | 45 (61%) | 3 (5%) | 1780 (38%) | 149 (22%) | 20 (44%) |
| Diabetes | 2482 (31%) | 327 (36%) | 52 (35%) | 33 (43%) | 33 (45%) | 22 (36%) | 1541 (33%) | 164 (24%) | 16 (35%) |
| Hypertension | 4973 (63%) | 483 (54%) | 100 (67%) | 41 (53%) | 33 (45%) | 38 (62%) | 2013 (43%) | 200 (29%) | 33 (72%) |
| Smoking/Vaping | 591 (8%) | 46 (5%) | 6 (4%) | 6 (8%) | 2 (3%) | 6 (10%) | 197 (4%) | 10 (2%) | 1 (2%) |
| Prior CAD | 1130 (14%) | 73 (8%) | 14 (9%) | 8 (10%) | 6 (8%) | 7 (12%) | 242 (5%) | 19 (3%) | 7 (15%) |
| Prior HF | 1177 (15%) | 54 (5%) | 6 (4%) | 5 (7%) | 7 (10%) | 3 (5%) | 257 (6%) | 38 (6%) | 8 (17%) |
| Prior CVA | 1009 (13%) | 76 (6%) | 12 (8%) | 12 (16%) | 5 (7%) | 7 (12%) | 295 (11%) | 317 (47%) | 3 (7%) |
| Atrial fib/flutter | 1282 (16%) | 59 (7%) | 21 (14%) | 4 (5%) | 4 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 198 (4%) | 28 (4%) | 6 (13%) |
| Pulmonary disease | 1907 (24%) | 134 (15%) | 20 (13%) | 6 (8%) | 14 (19%) | 8 (13%) | 485 (10%) | 17 (3%) | 12 (26%) |
| PE/DVT | 502 (6%) | 16 (2%) | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (2%) | 86 (2%) | 9 (1%) | 1 (2%) |
| Cancer | 1293 (16%) | 79 (9%) | 21 (14%) | 10 (13%) | 4 (5%) | 3 (5%) | 399 (9%) | 199 (30%) | 4 (9%) |
| Presentation Clinical Characteristics | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fever | 1147 (15%) | 170 (19%) | 18 (12%) | 13 (17%) | 11 (15%) | 13 (21%) | 1069 (23%) | 75 (11%) | 8 (17%) |
| Tachycardia | 2193 (28%) | 216 (35%) | 51 (34%) | 29 (38%) | 24 (32%) | 15 (25%) | 1181 (39%) | 149 (22%) | 14 (30%) |
| Hypoxia | 2481 (31%) | 282 (31%) | 55 (37%) | 12 (16%) | 32 (43%) | 25 (41%) | 1594 (34%) | 129 (19%) | 8 (17%) |
| CXR/CT infiltrate | 4975 (63%) | 656 (73%) | 114 (77%) | 49 (64%) | 61 (82%) | 48 (79%) | 3232 (69%) | 326 (48%) | 22 (72%) |
| WBC, mean (SD) | 8.1 (4.5) | 7.4 (3.6) | 7.7 (3.9) | 8.1 (4.7) | 7.1 (2.9) | 7.8 (3.2) | 8.2 (4.0) | 8.2 (3.9) | 7.0 (4.0) |
| CRP, mean (SD) | 83 (145) | 62 (70) | 81 (86) | 51 (53) | 46 (47) | 90 (75) | 81 (98) | 37 (62) | 95 (92) |
| D-dimer, mean (SD) | 1790 (3140) | 1780 (3130) | 2960 (5310) | 2600 (3680) | 868 (966) | 1690 (2150) | 1670 (3310) | 2570 (4300) | 1270 (1190) |
AAPI: Asian American/Pacific Islander, PE/DVT: pulmonary embolism/deep vein thrombosis, NHW: non-Hispanic White. Data and percentages for obesity, CXR/CT infiltrate, and laboratory measures account for missing data. Data are presented as frequency (percentage) unless otherwise specified. aAAPI includes Chinese, Indian, Pacific Islander, Vietnamese, and other Asian participants either not further specified or in groups too small to analyze separately. bHispanic includes Mexican, Puerto Rican, and other Hispanic participants either not further specified or in groups too small to analyze separately. cObesity defined as ≥30 kg/m2 in non-Hispanic White and Hispanic patients, ≥27.5 kg/m2 for AAPI patients.