Skip to main content
. 2021 Nov 12;9(11):1675. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines9111675

Table 1.

Description of the COVID-19 patients included in the study. Demographic and clinical characteristics (mean and standard deviation) of the patients who survived and were not admitted to the ICU and those who were admitted to the ICU and/or died are shown.

No ICU/Exitus
(n = 225)		 ICU/Exitus
(n = 62)		 p-Value
Age (years), mean (SD) 63.8 (12.2) 64.3 (13.7) 0.816
Gender, female/male 35%/65% 35%/65% 1
Oxygen saturation on hospital admission <0.001
Extremely low (<80%) 1% 32%
Low (80–89%) 12% 27%
Medium (90–94%) 62% 37%
Normal (>94%) 25% 3%
Charlson Index 0.8 (1.1) 1.3 (1.4) 0.022
Elixhauser Index 2 (1.9) 2.8 (2.1) 0.014
Hypertension 45.3% 38.7% 0.176
Metabolic-endocrine diseases 30.2% 37.1% 0.152

  • Diabetes

 21.8% 29.0% 0.116

  • Hypothyroidism

 6.7% 0.0% 0.018

  • Obesity

 8.9% 16.1% 0.049
Heart diseases 13.3% 35.5% <0.001

  • Cor pulmonale

 6.7% 24.2% <0.001

  • Ischemic heart disease

 5.8% 6.5% 0.421

  • Congestive heart failure

 4.4% 8.1% 0.128
Respiratory diseases 14.7% 14.5% 0.488

  • Asthma

 8.0% 6.5% 0.342

  • COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

 6.2% 8.1% 0.303

  • Other

 2.2% 1.6% 0.383
Kidney diseases 9.3% 30.6% <0.001

  • Acute kidney failure

 6.2% 27.4% <0.001

  • Chronic kidney disease

 4.9% 9.7% 0.079
Autoimmune and rheumatic diseases 8.4% 9.7% 0.380

  • Rheumatoid arthritis

 1.3% 3.2% 0.157

  • Spondyloarthritis

 1.3% 1.6% 0.434

  • Psoriasis

 1.3% 0.0% 0.180

  • Vasculitis

 4.4% 6.5% 0.258
Hematologic malignancies 2.2% 1.6% 0.383

  • Leukemia

 0.4% 1.6% 0.165

  • Lymphoma

 0.9% 0.0% 0.228

  • Multiple myeloma

 0.9% 0.0% 0.228
Solid tumors 1.3% 1.6% 0.434

  • Bowel cancer

 0.4% 1.6% 0.164

  • Breast cancer

 0.0% 0.0% 0.500

  • Lung cancer

 0.9% 0.0% 0.228
Others
Urinary tract infection (UTI) 3.1% 4.8% 0.256
Dementia 0.9% 4.8% 0.018
Ulcerative colitis 0.4% 0.0% 0.299