TABLE 2.
Demographic characteristics of hospitalized SARS‐CoV‐2‐infected patients with a BMI ≥25 by EOSS stage
| EOSS 0/1, N = 93 | EOSS 2, N = 286 | EOSS 3/4, N = 147 | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | ||||
| Median age, years (IQR) | 40.00 (18.00)a | 52.00 (15.00)b | 54.00 (13.00)b | <.001 |
| Median EOSS total score, (IQR) | 0 (0)a | 3.00 (3.00)b | 9.00 (9.00)c | <.001 |
| Median BMI, kg/m2 (IQR) | 30.83 (9.13) | 30.92 (8.06) | 30.48 (8.83) | .886 |
| WHO categories (BMI range) | .237 | |||
| Overweight (25.00–29.99) | 41 | 114 | 67 | |
| 44% | 40% | 46% | ||
| Class I and II (30.00–39.99) | 37 | 143 | 61 | |
| 40% | 50% | 41% | ||
| Class III (≥40) | 15 | 29 | 19 | |
| 16% | 10% | 13% | ||
| Sex | .0134 | |||
| Male | 46 | 190 | 90 | |
| 49% | 66% | 61% | ||
| Female | 47 | 96 | 57 | |
| 51% | 34% | 39% | ||
| Ethnicity | <.001 | |||
| Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 113 | 28 | |
| 46% | 40% | 19% | ||
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 50 | 173 | 119 | |
| 54% | 60% | 81% | ||
| Race | <.001 | |||
| Black or African‐American | 4 | 18 | 22 | |
| 4% | 6% | 15% | ||
| White | 34 | 109 | 71 | |
| 37% | 38% | 48% | ||
| Other | 55 | 159 | 54 | |
| 59% | 56% | 37% | ||
| Smoking status | <.001 | |||
| Former or Current | 15 | 69 | 60 | |
| 16% | 25% | 42% | ||
| Non‐smoker | 78 | 210 | 84 | |
| 84% | 75% | 58% | ||
Note: Groups with different superscripted letters are significantly different from each other by Dunn–Bonferonni's pairwise test.
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; EOSS, Edmonton Obesity Staging System; IQR, interquartile range; WHO, World Health Organization.