Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of in-hospital deaths among patients with COVID-19.
| Death |
p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 364) | No (n = 647) | ||
| Age | <0.001MW | ||
| Median (Q1, Q3) | 62 (51‒70) | 55 (44‒63) | |
| Age group n (%) | <0.001MW | ||
| Adults | 154 (27.11) | 414 (72.89) | |
| Older Adults | 210 (47.40) | 233 (52.60) | |
| Sexes n (%) | <0.001X2 | ||
| Female | 110 (26.13) | 311 (73.87) | |
| Male | 254 (43.05) | 336 (56.95) | |
| Race n (%) | <0.001X2 | ||
| White | 103 (27.03) | 278 (72.97) | |
| Brown / Black | 259 (42.80) | 346 (57.20) | |
| Wave n (%) | <0.001X2 | ||
| First wave | 220 (43.05) | 291 (56.95) | |
| Second wave | 144 (28.80) | 356 (71.20) | |
| Habits n (%) | |||
| Smoking | 62 (46.97) | 70 (53.03) | 0.010X2 |
| Alcoholism | 13 (50.00) | 13 (50.00) | 0.160X2 |
| Number of comorbidities n (%) | 0.100X2 | ||
| Median (Q1, Q3) | 2 (0‒3) | 1 (0‒2) | |
| Comorbidities n (%) | |||
| Cardiovascular disease | 50 (33.11) | 101 (66.89) | 0.422X2 |
| COPD | 19 (33.33) | 38 (66.67) | 0.665X2 |
| Renal disease | 8 (53.33) | 7 (46.67) | 0.159X2 |
| Arterial hypertension | 146 (38.93) | 229 (61.07) | 0.136X2 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 103 (35.89) | 184 (64.11) | 0.962X2 |
| Obesity | 71 (28.63) | 177 (71.37) | 0.005X2 |
| Dyslipidaemia | 48 (45.71) | 57 (54.29) | 0.029X2 |
| Hepatic disease | 6 (46.15) | 7 (53.85) | 0.443X2 |
| Neurologic disease | 11 (37.93) | 18 (62.07) | 0.826X2 |
| Haematological disease | 3 (27.27) | 8 (72.73) | 0.544X2 |
| Immunosuppression | 39 (56.52) | 30 (43.48) | <0.001X2 |
| Length of hospital stay (days) | 0.004MW | ||
| Median (Q1, Q3) | 18 (10‒30) | 15 (9‒24.25) | |
| Length of ICU stay (days) | <0.001MW | ||
| Median (Q1, Q3) | 10 (4‒19) | 14 (8‒23) | |
| VM n (%) | <0.001X2 | ||
| Yes | 347 (52.74) | 311 (47.27) | |
| No | 17 (4.83) | 335 (95.17) | |
| Ambulation Capacity n (%) | <0.001MW | ||
| Independent ambulator | 214 (31.19) | 472 (68.81) | |
| Dependent ambulator | 54 (45.38) | 65 (54.62) | |
| Non-Functional ambulator | 95 (46.34) | 110 (53.66) | |
Data are expressed as median and interquartile (Q1 and Q3) or number of patients and percentage; n (%), Percentage of patients; ICU, Intensive Care Unit; VM, Mechanical ventilation; MW, Mann-Whitney U test; X2, Chi-Squared test; COPD, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.