Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, 22 of whom were dismissed home with mild disease, and 8 with severe COVID-19 transferred to the ICU

Variable	Dismissed home (22)	Transferred to ICU (8)	p value
Age in years, median (IQR)	60 (51.2–68.5)	66.5 (57.5–71.2)	0.36
Female sex, n (%)	8 (36)	1 (12)	0.37
BMI in Kg/m2, median (IQR)	30.3 (27.9–35.9)	29 (23.5–31.1)	0.25
Race, n (%)			0.27
Caucasian	16 (73)	6 (76)
Hispanic	4 (18)	0 (0)
African American	2 (9)	1 (12)
Native American	0 (0)	1 (12)
Diabetes Mellitus, n (%)	10 (45)	4 (50)	0.99
Hypertension, n (%)	11 (50)	2 (25)	0.41
Coronary artery disease, n (%)	2 (9)	3 (37)	0.1
COPD, n (%)	1 (4)	1 (12)	0.47
Cancer, n (%)	3 (14)	2 (25)	0.59
Cerebrovascular disease, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Cirrhosis, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Chronic kidney disease, n (%)	1 (4)	1 (12)	0.47
Immunosuppression, n (%)	3 (14)	2 (25)	0.59
Admission Laboratory Parameters
White blood count (x109/L), median (IQR)	6.4 (5.1–9.2)	5.6 (4.7–8.7)	0.62
Platelets (x109/L), median (IQR)	179 (153–249)	153 (119–206)	0.32
Creatinine (mg/dL), median (IQR)	0.92 (0.76–1.04)	1.04 (0.94–1.4)	0.04
Bilirubin (mg/dL), median (IQR)	0.5 (0.3–0.7)	0.5 (0.4–0.6)	0.6
Hematocrit (%), median (IQR)	41 (39.2–44)	39.6 (36.9–43.2)	0.33
Albumin (g/dL), median (IQR)	3.9 (3.6–4.1)	3.8 (3.7–4)	0.76
Calcium (mg/dL), median (IQR)	8.7 (8.4–9.4)	8.8 (8.5–9)	0.87
C-Reactive protein (mg/L), median (IQR)	78 (55–107)	94 (63–122)	0.57
Severity Parameters
SOFA score Day 1, median (IQR)	1 (1–2)	3 (2.7–3)	0.002
Mechanical ventilation, n (%)	0 (0)	4 (50)	0.003
Mortality	0(0)	4(50)	0.003

IQR: interquartile range, n: number, BMI: body mass index, ICU: intensive care unit, COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.