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Table 2 Overall mortality and its relation to patients’ characteristics, December 2, 2014 and November 12, 2016

From: The predictors of 3- and 30-day mortality in 660 MERS-CoV patients

  

No

Yes

 

Characteristics

Levels

463(70.2%)

197(29.8%)

P

Elderly

Yes

142

54.8

117

45.2

0.001*

No

321

80.0

80

20.0

 

Male Gender

Yes

311

68.8

141

31.2

0.281

No

151

72.9

56

27.1

 

Saudi Nationality

Yes

299

64.2

167

35.8

0.001*

No

164

84.5

30

15.5

 

Healthcare worker

Yes

103

98.1

2

1.9

0.001*

No

360

64.9

195

35.1

 

Pre-existing illness

Yes

104

39.4

160

60.6

0.001*

No

102

84.3

19

15.7

 

Symptomatic

Yes

427

68.8

194

31.2

0.001*

No

36

97.3

1

2.7

 

Severity of illness

Yes

138

50.0

138

50.0

0.001*

No

325

85.1

57

14.9

 

Source of infections

Camels

205

74.8

69

25.2

0.001*

House hold contact

42

95.5

2

4.5

 

Hospital-acquired infections

61

72.6

23

27.4

 

Unknown

155

60.5

101

39.5

 

Region

Central

293

68.9

132

31.1

0.401

East

69

68.3

32

31.7

 

South

34

70.8

14

29.2

 

West/North

67

77.9

19

22.1

 
  1. *Significant at α = 0.05