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. 2023 Mar 6;52:1–8. doi: 10.1016/j.athplu.2023.01.002

Table 3.

Main clinical and biochemical variables, inflammatory markers and lipid profile regarding mortality and ICU admission.

EXITUS
 P ICU
 P
NO
N = 99		 YES
N = 26		 NO
N = 94		 YES
N = 31
Clinical variables
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    Age, years

 63(167) 74 (51) 0.003 70(73) 61(51) NS
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    Gender, male,%

 57.6 76.9 0.055 57 75 0.053
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    Time initial symptoms since diagnosis, days

 5.9 2.7 0.009 4.4 7.3 0.001
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    Hypertension, %

 45.5 76.9 0.004 52.7 50 NS
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    Diabetes Mellitus, %

 20.2 42.3 NS 25.8 21.9 NS
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    Dyslipidemia, %

 30.3 26.9 NS 29 31.9 NS
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    Cardiovascular Disease, %

 43.4 73.1 0.026 49.5 50 NS
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    OPCD, %

 12.1 19.2 NS 15.1 9.4 NS
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    Chronic neurologic disease,%,

 17.2 23.1 NS 24.7 0 0.002
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    Hepatic disease, %

 0.26 3.8 NS 1.1 3.1 NS
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    Renal chronic Disease, %

 13.1 26.9 NS 19.4 6.3 0.057
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    HIV, %

 0 1 NS 1 0 NS
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    Neoplasm, %

 7.1 30.8 0.004 12.9 9.4 NS
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    Statins (pre-admission), %

 21.2 34.6 NS 25.8 18.8 NS
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    ACE(pre-admission), %

 22.2 30.8 NS 20.4 34.4 NS
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    Corticoids (pre-admission), %

 7.1 7.7 NS 7.5 6.3 NS
Biochemical variables
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    Glucose, mg/dL

 123.1(61.9) 158.5(66.6) 0.012 121.7(60.8) 158.3(67.7) 0.005
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    Urea, mg/dL

 37.5(22.1) 69.7(45.7) 0.000 41.7(31.6) 51.3(29.7) NS
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    Creatinine, mg/dL

 1.24(3.8) 1.26(0.7) NS 1.34(3.9) 0.98(0.55) NS
Inflammatory markers
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    Lymphocytes, cell/10^3/uL

 1182.3(715.3) 858.1(565.4) 0.034 1196.2(763.9) 878.4(367.9) 0.026
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    CRP, mg/dl

 9.1(9.7) 17.31(11.2) 0.000 7.65(8.3) 19.9(10.9) 0.000
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    ESR, mm/h

 72.4(33.7) 86.5(37.4) NS 72.4(34.9) 81.8(31.0) NS
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    Ferritin, ng/mL

 833.2(652.1) 1307.2(687.9) 0.007 802.8(644.9) 1307.2(663.5) 0.000
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    D-Dímer,mcg/L

 2036.1(5114.9) 2742.4(2984.5) NS 1479.9(1989.9) 4051.0(8459.5) 0.011
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    LDH, U/L

 289.9(133.2) 394.8(120.4) 0.001 289.1(126.01) 371.6(148.6) 0.005
Lipid profile
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    Total Cholesterol mg/dL

 142.7(34.3) 117.2(24.5) 0.014 143.9(34.1) 118.4(30.3) 0.001
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    HDL-c, mg/dL

 33.4(11.7) 27.4(7.7) 0.014 34.25(11.2) 26.6(94) 0.0001
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    LDL-c, mg/dL

 74.3(29.2) 58.0(22.7) 0.009 76.9(27.0) 53.13(26.01) 0000
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    Triglicerydes, mg/dL

 149.4(420) 153(194) NS 145(431) 179(335) NS
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    ApoA1, mg/dL

 92.8(95) 89 (65) 0.010 86(90) 93.5(92) NS
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    ApoB, mg/dL

 106(108) 93.8(99) NS 98(108) 119(72) NS

OPCD: Obstructive pulmonary chornic disease; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus; ACE: Angiotensine conversor enzyme, CRP: C reactive protein, ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate, LDH: lactate dehydrogenase, TC: total cholesterol, HDL: high density lipoprotein, LDL: low density lipoprotein, TG: triglyceride, ApoA1: apolipoprotein-A1, ApoB: apolipoprotein-B.