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. 2022 Jun 9;15(8):1880–1886. doi: 10.1111/cts.13313

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of veterans hospitalized for COVID‐19, stratified by remdesivir treatment

N = 4125, mean (SD), N (%) No remdesivir, N = 2428 Remdesivir, N = 1697 p value
Age, years 70.4 (12.2) 71.3 (10.2) 0.008
Sex, female 146 (6.0) 95 (5.6) 0.62
Population a
White 1537 (63.3) 1192 (70.2) <0.001
Black 891 (36.7) 505 (29.8)
BMI, kg/m2 29.7 (6.8) 31.0 (7.1) <0.001
Charlson comorbidity index 4.8 (3.8) 5.1 (3.4) 0.005
Glomerular filtration rate, ml/min 67.2 (24.0) 67.8 (20.4) 0.43
Serum creatine, mg/dl 1.3 (0.6) 1.2 (0.4) <0.001
Diabetes 1286 (53.0) 938 (55.3) 0.15
Hypertension 2022 (83.3) 1397 (82.3) 0.45

Length of stay, days

Median (IQR)

4 (2, 9) 7 (5, 14) <0.001

ALT baseline, U/L

Median (IQR)

24 (16, 36) 27 (19, 41) <0.001

AST baseline, U/L

Median (IQR)

27 (19, 40) 36 (25, 52) <0.001

Total bilirubin baseline, mg/dl

Median (IQR)

0.60 (0.40, 0.80) 0.64 (0.50, 0.90) <0.001
Alkaline phosphatase baseline, U/L Median (IQR) 77 (62, 98) 71 (57, 91) <0.001

Abbreviations: ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BMI, body mass index; COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019; HARE, harmonized ancestry, race, and ethnicity; IQR, interquartile range.

a

Population determined by HARE ancestry.