TABLE 1.
Baseline and hospitalisation characteristics according to Nijmegen score
| Nijmegen score ≤22 | Nijmegen score >22 | p-value | |
| Patients n | 140 | 37 | |
| Age years | 57.3±13.7 | 55.2±11.1 | 0.39 |
| Female | 46 (32.9) | 22 (59.5) | <0.01 |
| Body mass index kg·m−2 | 28.9±5.1 | 30.5±6.4 | 0.28 |
| Obesity (>30 kg·m−2) | 53 (37.9) | 14 (41.2) | 0.99 |
| Hypertension | 63 (45.0) | 12 (32.4) | 0.17 |
| Diabetes | 43 (30.7) | 9 (24.3) | 0.45 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 17 (3.9) | 0 | - |
| COPD | 4 (2.9) | 1 (2.7) | 0.61 |
| Asthma | 13 (9.3) | 7 (18.9) | 0.17 |
| Smoking (n=169) | 0.64 | ||
| Active | 13 (9.6) | 2 (5.9) | |
| Former (>5 pack-years) | 21 (15.6) | 4 (11.8) | |
| No (<5 pack-years) | 101 (74.8) | 28 (82.4) | |
| Management of COVID-19 | |||
| Duration of hospitalisation days | 13 (6–23) | 7.5 (3–15) | <0.01 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 25 (17.9) | 4 (10.8) | 0.30 |
| Corticosteroids | 7 (5.0) | 0 | - |
| COVID-19-related ICU admission | 90 (64.3) | 7 (18.9) | <0.001 |
| Intubation | 48 (34.3) | 3 (8.1) | <0.01 |
| HFNC | 7 | 1 | 0.88 |
| ECMO | 7 | 1 | 0.88 |
Data are presented as n (%), mean±sd or median (IQR) unless otherwise stated. ICU: intensive care unit; HFNC: high-flow nasal cannula; ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.