Table 1 Patient characteristics
Characteristics | All patients (n = 160) | Good clinical outcome (n = 123) | Worse clinical outcome (n = 37) | P* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical Data | ||||
Gender M/F | 80 (50.0) / 80 (50.0) | 65 (52.8) / 58 (47.2) | 15 (40.5) / 22 (40.5) | 0.189 |
Age (years), median (IQR) | 43 (32–56) | 42 (32–54) | 52 (35–69) | 0.027 |
Flu-like symptomsa | 141 (97.9) | 104 (97.2) | 37 (100) | 0.303 |
Dyspneaa | 25 (17.4) | 13 (12.1) | 12 (32.4) | 0.005 |
Thoracic paina | 7 (4.9) | 2 (1.9) | 5 (13.5) | 0.005 |
Comorbiditiesa | 49 (30.6) | 33 (26.8) | 16 (43.2) | 0.058 |
Diabetes mellitusa | 12 (7.5) | 5 (4.1) | 7 (18.9) | 0.003 |
Systemic hypertensiona | 29 (18.1) | 17 (13.8) | 12 (32.4) | 0.010 |
Tobacco smokea | 5 (3.1) | 5 (4.1) | 0 (0) | 0.213 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseasea | 4 (2.5) | 3 (2.4) | 1 (2.7) | 0.928 |
Immunodeficiencya | 8 (5) | 6 (4.9) | 2 (5.4) | 0.897 |
Cardiac frequency (bpm), median (IQR) | 92 (80–107) | 93 (82–108) | 86 (75–103) | 0.087 |
Temperature (°C), median (IQR) | 37 (36.3–37.7) | 37.4 (36.7–37.8) | 36.4 (36–37) | < 0.001 |
Oxygen saturation (%), median (IQR) | 96 (95–98) | 96 (96–98) | 96 (95–98) | 0.173 |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg), median (IQR) | 125.5 (113–138) | 128 (113.5–139) | 120 (110–130) | 0.203 |
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg), median (IQR) | 78.5 (69–87) | 78.5 (69.5–89) | 77.5 (68–80) | 0.157 |
Laboratorial Data | ||||
White blood count (/mm3), median (IQR) | 5990 (4610–7260) | 5990 (4610–7250) | 6055 (4545–8310) | 0.683 |
Lymphocytes (/mm3), median (IQR) | 950 (680–1400) | 890 (680–1270) | 985 (680–1540) | 0.335 |
C-reactive protein (mg/dL), median (IQR) | 1.90 (0.96–3.88) | 1.75 (0.87–3.67) | 3.05 (1.56–7.50) | 0.026 |
Radiological Data | ||||
Abnormal CRb | 8 (7.1) | 4 (4) | 4 (28.6) | 0.001 |
CR – Pulmonary infiltrateb | 3 (2,7) | 1 (1) | 2 (14.3) | 0.004 |
CR – Consolidationb | 2 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 2 (14.3) | < 0.001 |
CR – Pleural effusionb | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0) | 1 (7.1) | 0.008 |
Abnormal CTc | 43 (71.7) | 17 (56.7) | 26 (86.7) | 0.010 |
CT – Ground glass opacityc | 27 (45) | 9 (30) | 18 (60) | 0.020 |
CT – Consolidationc | 9 (15) | 1 (3.3) | 8 (26.7) | 0.011 |
CT – Bronchial thickeningc | 26 (43.3) | 14 (46.7) | 12 (40.0) | 0.602 |
CT – Pleural effusionc | 5 (8.3) | 2 (6.7) | 3 (10.0) | 0.640 |