Table 1.
Demographics and Clinical Characteristics.
| Patients, No. (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All (N = 258) | Nontracheostomy (n = 212) | Tracheostomy (n = 46) | P value | |
| Age, ya | 63 (18.75) | 64 (18.25) | 62.5 (15.75) | .96 |
| Ethnicity (>1 allowed) | ||||
| Caucasian | 43 (17) | 37 (17) | 6 (13) | >.99 |
| African American | 129 (50) | 103 (49) | 26 (56) | .41 |
| Hispanic | 57 (22) | 47 (22) | 10 (22) | >.99 |
| Asian | 48 (18) | 40 (19) | 8 (17) | >.99 |
| Other | 13 (6) | 13 (6) | 0 | .13 |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 89 (34) | 71 (33) | 18 (39) | .50 |
| Male | 169 (66) | 141 (67) | 28 (61) | .50 |
| Smoking status | ||||
| Current | 45 (17) | 38 (18) | 7 (15) | .83 |
| Former | 63 (24) | 48 (22) | 15 (33) | .18 |
| Never | 150 (58) | 126 (60) | 24 (52) | .41 |
| Comorbidity | ||||
| Hypertension | 112 (43) | 90 (42) | 22 (48) | .52 |
| Diabetes | 140 (54) | 106 (50) | 34 (74) | .003b |
| Coronary artery disease | 141 (55) | 118 (56) | 23 (50) | .52 |
| Asthma | 31 (12) | 28 (13) | 3 (7) | .32 |
| Malignancy | 21 (8) | 18 (8) | 2 (4) | .75 |
| Body mass indexa | 29.5 (11.1) | 29.0 (10.7) | 31.4 (10.3) | .10 |
| Chest viral screenc | ||||
| Category 1 | 170 (66) | 134 (63) | 36 (78) | .06 |
| Category 2 | 39 (15) | 37 (17) | 2 (4) | .02b |
| Category 3 | 22 (9) | 21 (10) | 1 (3) | .14 |
| None available | 27 (10) | 20 (10) | 7 (15) | .29 |
a
Median (interquartile range).
b
P < .05.
c
Computed tomography.