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. 2022 Apr 4;224(1):607–611. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.03.040

Table 1.

Demographics and pre-existing comorbidities of COVID positive versus COVID negative trauma patients.

COVID + Trauma Patients
(n = 179)
COVID - Trauma Patients (n = 4742) P-value
Age (Mean) 45.95 (16–92) 44.08 (16–113) 0.247
% Male 117 (65.3%) 3306 (69.7%) 0.246
Race 0.535
 Black or African American 121 (67.5%) 3051 (64.3%) 0.40
 White 45 (25.1%) 449 (9.4%) 0.39
 Other 13 (7.26%) 1242 (26.1%) 0.81
Pre-existing Comorbidities
 Diabetes 25 (13.9%) 460 (9.7%) 0.079
 Hypertension 58 (32.4%) 1288 (27.1%) 0.14
 CHF 10 (5.58%) 196 (4.13%) 0.44
 Chronic Renal Disease 2 (1.1%) 74 (1.56%) 0.87
 COPD 6 (3.3%) 197 (4.1%) 0.735
 Current smoker 56 (31.2%) 1689 (35.6%) 0.267
 Anticoagulation Use 13 (7.26%) 259 (5.4%) 0.38
BMI
 Lower 18 (10.1%) 493 (10.4%) 0.96
 Normal 67 (37.4%) 1796 (37.9%) 0.97
 Upper 94 (52.5%) 2453 (51.7%) 0.89