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. 2021 Jul 16;50(1):e1–e10. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005216

TABLE 1.

Patient Characteristics of the Four Cohorts

Characteristics Coronavirus Disease 2019(n = 2,635) Nonsevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Viral Pneumonia (n = 2,940) Bacterial Pneumonia (n = 14,250) Trauma (n = 15,681) p
Age, yr 65 (56–72) 66 (57–74)a 69 (60–77)a 60 (42–76)a < 0.001
Body mass index, kg/m2 27.8 (25.2–31.1) 25.7 (22.6–30.1)a 25.3 (22.4–29.3)a 24.8 (22.6–27.8)a < 0.001
Male sex, n (%) 1,899 (72.1) 1,484 (50.5)a 8,414 (59.0)a 10,282 (65.6)a < 0.001
Lowest Pao2/Fio2 ratio of the first 24 hr in the ICU, mm Hg 118 (84–165) 168 (112–234)a 146 (97–217)a 300 (210–382)a < 0.001
Mechanical ventilation on ICU admission 1,272 (48.3) 1,555 (52.9)a 5,396 (37.9)a 4,904 (31.3)a < 0.001
Mechanical ventilation in first 24 hr in the ICU 2,064 (78.3) 2,043 (69.5)a 7,768 (54.5)a 5,363 (34.2)a < 0.001
Use of vasoactive medication in first 24 hr in the ICU 1,758 (66.7) 1,227 (41.7)a 5,991 (42.0)a 4,409 (28.1)a < 0.001
APACHE III Acute Physiology Score 46 (37–57) 48 (37–62)a 53 (40–67)a 33 (24–49)a < 0.001
APACHE III score 58 (46–71) 62 (49–77)a 68 (54–84)a 45 (31–63)a < 0.001
Simplified Acute Physiology Score II score 37 (29–45) 37 (30–46) 39 (31–49)a 28 (20–39)a < 0.001
Medical history
 Malignancy 60 (2.3) 158 (5.4)a 1,116 (7.8)a 201 (1.3)a < 0.001
 Immunological insufficiency 195 (7.4) 442 (15.0)a 2,326 (16.3)a 364 (2.3)a < 0.001
 Chronic obstructive  pulmonary disease 217 (8.2) 1,382 (47.0)a 5,110 (35.9)a 1,152 (7.3) < 0.001
 Chronic respiratory  insufficiency 104 (3.9) 503 (17.1)a 1,846 (13.0)a 235 (1.5)a < 0.001
 Chronic renal failure 73 (2.8) 188 (6.4)a 1,186 (8.3)a 531 (3.4) < 0.001
 Chronic cardiovascular  insufficiency 32 (1.2) 101 (3.4)a 549 (3.9)a 357 (2.3) < 0.001
 Diabetes mellitus 500 (19.0) 589 (20.0) 2,998 (21.0) 1,450 (9.2)a < 0.001

APACHE III = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation III.

ap < 0.001 compared with coronavirus disease 2019 using pairwise χ2 or Wilcoxon tests.

Data presented as median (interquartile range) or n (%). p values calculated using χ2 tests or Kruskal-Wallis tests across all four cohorts.