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. 2022 Mar 28;5(3):e224304. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.4304

Table 2. Rates of Baseline Severity, Outcomes, Clinical Complications, and Interventions Received After COVID-19 Diagnosis.

Variable All patients (N = 3506) Black patients White patients
No.a No. (%) No.a No. (%) No.a No. (%)
Baseline severityb
Mild (no hospitalization indicated) 3480 1775 (51) 1062 461 (43) 2402 1314 (55)
Moderate (hospitalization indicated) 3480 1236 (36) 1062 437 (41) 2402 826 (34)
Severe (ICU admission indicated) 3480 426 (12) 1062 164 (15) 2402 262 (11)
Outcomes
All-cause mortality
Totalc 3485 618 (18) 1060 206 (19) 2425 412 (17)
30-dd 3506 507 (14) 1068 181 (17) 2438 326 (13)
Received mechanical ventilationc 3495 412 (12) 1065 179 (17) 2430 233 (10)
Admitted to an ICUc 3444 622 (18) 1057 238 (23) 2387 384 (16)
Admitted to the hospitalc 3505 2026 (58) 1068 696 (65) 2437 1330 (55)
Clinical complications
Any cardiovascular complicatione 3379 793 (23) 1028 267 (26) 2351 526 (22)
Any pulmonary complicatione 3441 1289 (37) 1051 442 (42) 2390 847 (35)
Any gastrointestinal complicatione 3337 129 (4) 1016 52 (5) 2321 77 (3)
Acute kidney injury 3376 624 (18) 1029 275 (27) 2347 349 (15)
Multisystem organ failure 3420 216 (6) 1040 101 (10) 2380 115 (5)
Coinfection 3270 353 (11) 1004 183 (18) 2290 450 (20)
Sepsis 3425 448 (13) 1042 170 (16) 2383 278 (12)
Any bleeding 3419 122 (4) 1041 51 (5) 2378 71 (3)
Disseminated intravascular coagulation 3414 13 (<1) 1039 7 (1) 2375 6 (<1)
Interventions
Supplemental oxygen 3440 1511 (44) 1054 501 (48) 2386 1010 (42)
Transfusion 3287 252 (8) 1001 102 (10) 2286 150 (7)
Remdesivir 3326 303 (9) 1020 61 (6) 2306 242 (10)
Hydroxychloroquine 3323 593 (18) 1020 245 (24) 2303 348 (15)
Corticosteroids 3322 518 (16) 1020 175 (17) 2302 343 (15)
Other anti-COVID-19 treatments 3324 827 (25) 1020 278 (27) 2304 549 (24)

Abbreviation: ICU, intensive care unit.

a

Refers to number of patients with nonmissing data.

b

Mild denotes no hospitalization indicated, moderate denotes hospitalization indicated whether or not it occurred, and severe denotes ICU admission indicated, whether or not it occurred.

c

Included in primary ordinal COVID-19 severity outcome.

d

Refers to secondary outcome.

e

A full description of these complications is provided in eTable 4 in Supplement 1 and do not include “other.”