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. 2022 Apr 15;11(8):2219. doi: 10.3390/jcm11082219

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of patients with myocarditis and pericarditis patients in the COVID and no COVID cohorts.

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.