Table 2.
Myocarditis | Pericarditis | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No COVID (n = 27) |
COVID (n = 9) |
p-Value | No COVID (n = 52) |
COVID (n = 11) |
p-Value | ||
Days in hospital | 3 [3–5] | 5 [2–25] | 0.291 | 3 [1.8–5.3] | 2 [2–3.5] | 0.272 | |
Age (year) | 39.1 (16.8) | 36.4 (19.7) | 0.695 | 49.1 (20.3) | 45.6 (19.3) | 0.609 | |
Sex (male) | 20 (74.1) | 8 (88.9) | 0.643 | 31 (59.6) | 8 (72.7) | 0.637 | |
BMI (kg/m2) | 27.3 (6.1) | 26.3 (6.9) | 0.713 | 26.5 (5.8) | 28.6 (3.8) | 0.319 | |
Diabetes | 4 (14.8) | 1 (11.1) | 1.000 | 12 (23.1) | 1 (9.1) | 0.528 | |
Hyperlipidemia | 6 (22.2) | 2 (22.2) | 1.000 | 25 (48.1) | 4 (36.4) | 0.708 | |
Obesity | 14 (51.9) | 1 (11.1) | 0.079 | 15 (28.8) | 6 (54.5) | 0.197 | |
CKD | 3 (11.1) | 1 (11.1) | 1.000 | 7 (13.5) | 1 (9.1) | 1.000 | |
Smoking | Now | 6 (26.1) | 1 (12.5) | 0.602 | 9 (19.1) | 1 (9.1) | 0.777 |
Past | 3 (13.0) | 2 (25.0) | 7 (14.9) | 1 (9.1) | |||
PVD | 2 (7.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000 | 4 (7.7) | 2 (18.2) | 0.609 | |
ACS | 3 (11.1) | 2 (22.2) | 0.781 | 9 (17.3) | 2 (18.2) | 1.000 | |
Hypertension | 5 (18.5) | 2 (22.2) | 1.000 | 15 (28.8) | 3 (27.3) | 1.000 | |
CVA | 3 (11.1) | 2 (22.2) | 0.781 | 5 (9.6) | 2 (18.2) | 0.769 | |
HF | 5 (18.5) | 2 (22.2) | 1.000 | 6 (11.5) | 1 (9.1) | 1.000 | |
Severe COVID | - | 2 (22.2) | NA | - | 0 (0.0) | NA |
Variables were expressed as no. (%), median [IQR], or as mean (SD). CKD = chronic kidney disease. PVD = peripheral vascular disease. CVA = Cerebrovascular Accident, ACS = acute coronary syndrome. HF = Heart Failure. Days in hospital = length of stay of the hospitalization at which myocarditis/pericarditis were diagnosed.