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. 2022 Jan 11;8:757459. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.757459

Table 3.

Age-related complications in deceased patients with COVID-19.

Characteristic Total ≤40 >40, ≤60 >60, ≤80 >80 p
n 2,492 66 435 1,452 539
ARDS 1,028 (41.3) 23 (34.8) 160 (36.8) 614 (42.3) 231 (42.9) 0.116
Respiratory failure 1,779 (71.4) 39 (59.1) 288 (66.2) 1,058 (72.9) 394 (73.1) 0.005
Acute myocardial infarction 51(2.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (1.1) 30 (2.1) 16 (3.0) 0.144
Acute myocardial injury 381 (15.3) 5 (7.6) 44 (10.1) 232 (16.0) 100 (18.6) 0.001
Arrhythmia 130 (5.2) 5 (7.6) 11 (2.5) 81 (5.6) 33 (6.1) 0.039
Acute kidney injury 483 (19.4) 5 (7.6) 71 (16.3) 290 (20.0) 117 (21.7) 0.014
Acute liver injury 474 (19.0) 9 (13.6) 87 (20.0) 296 (20.4) 82 (15.2) 0.039
Gastrointestinal bleeding 49 (2.0) 3 (4.5) 10 (2.3) 28 (1.9) 8 (1.5) 0.364
Acute ischemic stroke 38 (1.5) 0 (0.0) 5 (1.1) 17 (1.2) 16 (3.0) 0.018
Sepsis 273 (11.0) 14 (21.2) 48 (11.0) 157 (10.8) 54 (10.0) 0.054
Coagulopathy 560 (22.5) 16 (24.2) 81 (18.6) 335 (23.1) 128 (23.7) 0.201

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; Data are reported as number of patients and percentage in the age group (%).