Table 1. Baseline clinical and demographic characteristics among 175 patients surviving the acute phase of COVID-19, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil*.
| Characteristic | COVID-19 severity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild/moderate, n = 35 (20%) | Severe, n = 80 (45.7%) | Critical, n = 60 (34.3%) | Total, n = 175 | |
| Sex | ||||
| M | 7 (20) | 36 (45) | 42 (70) | 85 (48.6) |
| F |
28 (80) |
44 (55) |
18 (30) |
90 (51.4) |
| Mean age, y (SD) |
44.9 (+10.3) |
57.1 (+15.3) |
54.2 (+13.2) |
53.7 (+14.4) |
| Ethnic background† | ||||
| White (Caucasian or Latin) | 19 (54.3) | 36 (45) | 25 (41.7) | 80 (45.7) |
| Afro-American (Brown) | 10 (28.6) | 34 (42.5) | 26 (43.3) | 70 (40) |
| Afro-American (Black) | 6 (17.1) | 8 (10) | 6 (10) | 20 (11.4) |
| Asiatic | 0 | 1 (1.3) | 2 (3.3) | 3 (1.7) |
| Brazilian Indigenous |
0 |
1 (1.3) |
1 (1.7) |
2 (1.1) |
| Mean years of schooling (SD) |
13.4 (+5.7) |
8.1 (+5.5) |
8.3 (+5.4) |
9.2 (+5.9) |
| Mean income/person, USD (SD)‡ | 407.33 (+313.60) | 273.01 (+295,85) | 229.33 (+210.40) | 285.57 (+279.56) |
| Median |
364.01 |
200.21‡ |
182.01‡ |
216.77‡ |
| Currently works as a health professional | ||||
| Yes | 23 (65.7) | 8 (10) | 2 (3.3) | 33 (18.9) |
| No |
12 (34.3) |
72 (90) |
58 (96.7) |
142 (81.1) |
| Mean BMI (SD)§ | 31.8 (+7.5) | 32.1 (+7.3)§ | 31.1 (+7.5) | 31.7 (+7.3)§ |
| BMI >30§ |
17 (48.6) |
44 (56.4)§ |
23 (38.3) |
84 (48.6)§ |
| Underlying conditions | ||||
| None | 16 (45.7) | 16 (20) | 10 (16.7) | 42 (24.0) |
| Hypertension | 9 (25.7) | 35 (43.8) | 21 (35) | 65 (37.1) |
| Diabetes | 1 (2.9) | 26 (32.5) | 22 (36.7) | 49 (28.0) |
| Dyslipidemia | 2 (5.7) | 12 (15) | 12 (20) | 26 (14.8) |
| Heart problems (other than hypertension) | 1 (2.9) | 10 (12.5) | 8 (13.3) | 19 (10.9) |
| Rhinitis or sinusitis | 3 (8.6) | 7 (8.8) | 7 (11.7) | 17 (9.7) |
| Cancer | 1 (2.9) | 9 (11.3) | 1 (1.7) | 11 (6.3) |
| Thyroid problems | 0 | 4 (5) | 6 (10) | 10 (5.7) |
| Depression or anxiety |
1 (2.9) |
6 (7.5) |
3 (5) |
10 (5.7) |
| Smoking | ||||
| Current | 0 (0) | 2 (2.5) | 0 | 2 (1.1) |
| Previous |
2 (5.71) |
18 (22.5) |
19 (31.7) |
39 (22.3) |
| Hospitalization | ||||
| Yes | 10 (28.6) | 80 (100) | 60 (100) | 150 (85.7) |
| No |
25 (71.4) |
0 |
0 |
25 (14.3) |
| Mean duration of hospitalization, d (SD) | 5 (+4) | 9.9 (+5.2) | 24.1 (+11.1) | 15.3 (+10.9) |
| Median | 4 | 9 | 20.5 | 12 |
*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. BMI, body mass index; COVID-19, coronavirus disease. †Ethnic background information was self-reported and consisted of Latin American, Caucasian, Afro-American, Asian, and Brazilian indigenous persons. ‡$1 US = R $5,49. Data on financial income by person were missing for 3 participants. §BMI data were missing for 2 participants.