Table 2.
Comparison of comorbidities between patients who required hospitalization and those who did not require hospitalization from March to August 2020 at São Paulo Hospital, Brazil.
| Variables | No Hospitalization (n = 6596) |
Hospitalization (n = 740) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypertension | 1227 (21%) | 232 (46%) | <0.001 |
| Cardiac disease | 227 (3.8%) | 68 (14%) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 469 (7.8%) | 136 (27%) | <0.001 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 42 (0.7%) | 17 (3.4%) | <0.001 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 162 (2.7%) | 66 (13%) | <0.001 |
| Immunosuppression | 230 (3.8%) | 55 (11%) | <0.001 |
| COPD | 95 (1.6%) | 13 (2.6%) | 0.10 |
| Asthma | 355 (5.9%) | 19 (3.8%) | 0.044 |
| Tuberculosis | 39 (0.7%) | 6 (1.2%) | 0.2 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 87 (1.5%) | 12 (2.4%) | 0.10 |
| Neoplasia | 89 (1.5%) | 30 (6.0%) | <0.001 |
| Solid organ transplant | 145 (2.4%) | 63 (12%) | <0.001 |
| Obesity | 305 (5.1%) | 56 (11%) | <0.001 |
| Smoking | 621 (10%) | 45 (8.9%) | 0.3 |
| Pregnancy | 79 (1.3%) | 3 (0.6%) | 0.2 |
| Previous hospitalization | 37 (0.6%) | 23 (4.5%) | <0.001 |
COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.