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. 2022 Jul 25;11(15):4304. doi: 10.3390/jcm11154304

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics, comorbid conditions, hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and death from COVID-19 of subjects tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, stratifying by waves.

First Wave
(1 March–15 April 2020)
N/Day a (%)
Second Wave
(15 October–15 December 2020)
N/Day a (%)
Third Wave
(1 March–15 April 2021)
N/Day a (%)
p-Value b
Age group
≤65 209.0 (51.6%) 1797.3 (75.9%) 1397.0 (78.5%) <0.001
66–75 55.3 13.7%) 216.4 (9.2%) 196.4 (11.1%)
76–85 76.6 (18.9%) 204.1 (8.6%) 133.2 (7.5%)
86+ 63.8 (15.8%) 148.5 (6.3%) 52.2 (2.9%)
Gender
F 221.6 (54.7%) 1275.8 (53.9%) 900.3 (50.6%) <0.001
M 183.2 (45.3%) 1090.6 (46.1%) 878.5 (49.4%)
Charlson Comorbidity Index
0 238.7 (59.0%) 1725.8 (72.9%) 1343.5 (75.5%) <0.001
1 89.5 (22.1%) 436.1 (18.4%) 317.3 (17.8%)
2–3 57.8 (14.3%) 165.3 (7.0%) 98.8 (5.6%)
4+ 18.7 (4.6%) 39.2 (1.7%) 19.2 (1.1%)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
No 328.4 (81.1%) 2019.2 (85.3%) 1529.7 (86.0%) <0.001
Yes 76.4 (18.9%) 347.1 (14.7%) 249.1 (14.0%)
Cardiovascular disease
No 327.9 (81.0%) 2151.7 (90.9%) 1655.8 (93.1%) <0.001
Yes 76.9 (19.0%) 214.7 (9.1%) 123.0 (6.9%)
Heart failure
No 393.9 (97.3%) 2344.1 (99.1%) 1768.9 (99.5%) <0.001
Yes 10.9 (2.7%) 22.3 (0.9%) 9.8 (0.5%)
Coronary artery disease
No 385.5 (95.2%) 2314.8 (97.8%) 1747.1 (98.2%) <0.001
Yes 19.3 (4.8%) 51.6 (2.2%) 31.6 (1.8%)
Cardiomyopathy
No 385.9 (95.3%) 2328.7 (98.4%) 1761.8 (99.0%) <0.001
Yes 18.9 (4.7%) 37.7 (1.6%) 17.0 (1.0%)
Diabetes
No 340.4 (84.1%) 2161.8 (91.3%) 1647.6 (92.6%) <0.001
Yes 64.4 (15.9%) 294.6 (8.7%) 131.1 (7.4%)
Kidney disease
No 388.5 (96.0%) 2330.7 (98.5%) 1761.0 (99.0%) <0.001
Yes 16.3 (4.0%) 35.7 (1.5%) 17.8 (1.0%)
Cerebrovascular disease
No 379.8 (93.8%) 2311.3 (97.7%) 1755.5 (98.7%) <0.001
Yes 25.0 (6.2%) 55.1 (2.3%) 23.3 (1.3%)
Dementia
No 378.3 (96.2%) 2340.1 (98.9%) 1773.1 (99.7%) <0.001
Yes 15.5 (3.8%) 26.3 (1.1%) 5.7 (0.3%)
Neoplasia
No 384.2 (94.9%) 2303.1 (97.3%) 1735.5 (97.6%) <0.001
Yes 20.6 (5.1%) 63.3 (2.7%) 43.3 (2.4%)
Haematologic disease
No 402.3 (99.4%) 2359.7 (99.7%) 1774.8 (99.8%) <0.001
Yes 2.5 (0.6%) 6.7 (0.3%) 3.9 (0.2%)
Immunodeficiency
No 404.6 (99.9%) 2365.7 (99.9%) 1778.3 (99.9%) 0.55
Yes 0.2 (0.1%) 0.7 (0.1%) 0.5 (0.1%)
Hospitalization
No 240.1 (59.3%) 2147.8 (90.8%) 1596.8 (89.8%) <0.001
Yes 164.7 (40.7%) 218.6 (9.2%) 182.0 (10.2%)
Intensive care unit (ICU) admission
No 359.9 (88.9%) 2312.7 (97.7%) 1734.7 (97.5%) <0.001
Yes 44.9 (11.1%) 53.7 (2.3%) 44.1 (2.5%)
Death
No 332.3 (82.1%) 2275.1 (96.1%) 1732.1 (97.4%) <0.001
Yes 72.5 (17.9%) 91.3 (3.9%) 46.6 (2.6%)

a N/day average number of cases per day; b Comparisons among the three waves tested by Chi-square or Fisher test.