Table 1.
Anthropometric, admission laboratory data and main clinical outcomes in general study population
| n=231 | n | % | Mean | SD | Med | 25 | 75 |
| Age (years) | 64.0 | 10.3 | 65.0 | 58 | 71 | ||
| Weight (kg) | 86.1 | 19.2 | 84.0 | 75 | 95 | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 30.0 | 6.62 | 28.7 | 25.8 | 32.9 | ||
| Hospital stay (days) | 25.4 | 23.0 | 19.0 | 10 | 29.5 | ||
| Admission - NIV start (days) | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| NIV duration (days) | 6.5 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Admission – ICU transfer (days) | 8.7 | 6.8 | 8.0 | 4 | 10 | ||
| ICU stay (days) | 18.3 | 18.6 | 14.0 | 3 | 26.8 | ||
| CRP at admission (mg/l) | 142.3 | 69.0 | 129.2 | 95 | 201.3 | ||
| PCT at admission (ng/ml) | 0.57 | 0.83 | 0.30 | 0.15 | 0.62 | ||
| Glycemia at admission (mg/dl) | 150 | 71 | 126 | 108 | 163 | ||
| D-dimer at admission (µg/ml) | 1829 | 2539 | 823 | 606 | 1236 | ||
| Gender (F) | 82 | 35.5 | |||||
| ICU transfer | 74 | 32.0 | |||||
| Mortality | 130 | 56.3 |
n, number; SD, standard deviation Med, median; 25, 25th percentile; 75, 75th percentile; BMI, body mass index; NIV, non-invasive ventilation; ICU, intensive care unit; CRP, C reactive protein, PCT, procalcitonin; F, female