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. 2022 May 13;50(5):1321–1328. doi: 10.1007/s15010-022-01833-8

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients according to mortality at day 60

variable Alive (n = 668) Death (n = 114) p -value
Age > 66 years (%) 277 (41.5) 101 (88.6) 0.0001
Female sex (%) 278 (41.6) 45 (39.5) 0.668
Co-morbidity (%)

 Hypertension

 Chronic heart disease

 Diabetes mellitus

 Chronic liver disease

 Chronic kidney disease

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

 Hematological neoplasia

 Solid neoplasia

 Solid organ transplant

268 (40.1)

142 (21.3)

122 (18.3)

27 (4)

69 (10.3)

128 (19.2)

37 (5.5)

91 (13.6)

16 (2.4)

14 (2.1)

78 (68.4)

61 (53.5)

37 (32.5)

7 (6.1)

33 (28.9)

25 (21.9)

14 (12.3)

27 (23.7)

4 (3.5)

4 (3.5)

0.0001

0.0001

0.001

0.319

0.0001

0.491

0.007

0.006

0.516

0.317

DSOA ≤ 6a (%) 298 (51.6) 70 (71.4) 0.0001
SaO2 ≤ 94%b (%) 266 (42) 65 (58.6) 0.001
Creatinine > 1 mg/dLc (%) 71 (10.7) 42 (36.8) 0.0001
Lymphocyte count ≤ 800 × 109/L (%) 317 (47.5) 78 (68.4) 0.0001
C-reactive protein > 7 mg/dLd (%) 269 (40.6) 83 (72.8) 0.0001
Ferritin > 517 ng/mLe (%) 235 (47.7) 53 (63.9) 0.006
LDH > 293 U/Lf (%) 283 (46.8) 69 (67) 0.0001
d-dimer > 700 ng/mLf (%) 251 (41.4) 78 (76.5) 0.0001
Cycle threshold (%)

 ≤ 20

 21–25

 > 25

72 (10.8)

146 (21.9)

450 (67.4)

27 (23.7)

38 (33.3)

49 (43)

0.0001
Intensive care unit admission (%) 103 (15.4) 33 (28.9) 0.0001

DSOA days from symptoms onset to admission, SaO2 oxygen saturation at ambient air

aMeasured in 676

bMeasured in 745

cMeasured in 780

dMeasured in 777

eMeasured in 576

fMeasured in 708