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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of admitted COVID-19 diagnosed patients

From: First wave of COVID-19 hospital admissions in Denmark: a Nationwide population-based cohort study

 

Admitted

Admitted to ICU

30-day follow-up

Variable

Total

 

Survivors

Non-survivors

N (%)

2431

359 (14.8%)

1976 (81.3%)

455 (18.7%)

Age in years, Median (IQR, 25–75%)

69 (53–80)

69 (59–75)

64 (49–77)

81 (74–86.5)

Sex (%)

 Female

1116 (45.9%)

106 (29.5%)

(47.5%)

178 (39.1%)

 Male

1315 (54.1%)

253 (70.5%)

1038 (52.5%)

277 (60.9%)

Age in age groups, year (%)

 0–64

1039 (42.7%)

135 (37.6%)

1016 (51.4%)

23 (5.1%)

 65–84

1072 (44.1%)

212 (59.1%)

790 (40.0%)

282 (62.0%)

 85+

320 (13.2%)

12 (3.34%)

170 (8.6%)

150 (33.0%)

Admissions and duration

 Median duration of hospitalizations

> 12 h in days (IQR)

5.47 (2.2–11.11)

19.38 (10.42–29.05)

5.19 (1.6–10.55)

7.02 (3.35–11.48)

 Patients needing

  ICU admission

359 (14.8%)

359 (100%)

252 (12.8%)

107 (23.5%)

  Mechanical respirator use

240 (9.9%)

240 (66.9%)

167 (8.5%)

73 (16.0%)

  ECMO

18 (0.7%)

18 (5%)

13 (0.7%)

5 (1.1%)

  Dialysis

78 (3.2%)

78 (21.7%)

48 (2.4%)

30 (6.6%)

  Inotropic/Vasopressor use

210 (8.6%)

210 (58.5%)

143 (7.2%)

67 (14.7%)

Comorbidities***

Any comorbidities

1475 (60.7%)

225 (62.7%)

1086 (55.0%)

389 (85.5%)

Cardiovascular disease

 Myocardial infarct

122 (5%)

22 (6.1%)

83 (4.2%)

39 (8.6%)

 Hypertension

412 (16.9%)

55 (15.3%)

294 (14.9%)

118 (25.9%)

 Congestive heart failure

175 (7.2%)

19 (5.3%)

114 (5.8%)

61 (13.4%)

 Peripheral vascular disease

144 (5.9%)

30 (8.4%)

93 (4.7%)

51 (11.2%)

 Cerebrovascular diseases

259 (10.7%)

28 (7.8%)

176 (8.9%)

83 (18.2%)

Chronic respiratory disease

298 (12.3%)

45 (12.5%)

219 (11.1%)

79 (17.4%)

 Asthma

122 (5.0%)

20 (5.6%)

108 (5.5%)

14 (3.1%)

 COPD

216 (8.9%)

36 (10.0%)

143 (7.2%)

73 (16%)

Immunosuppression

459 (18.9%)

84 (23.4%)

327 (16.5%)

132 (29%)

 Of which cancer

324 (13.3%)

64 (17.8%)

234 (11.8%)

90 (19.8%)

Kidney disease

130 (5.3%)

22 (6.1%)

79 (4.0%)

51 (11.2%)

Rheumatologic disease/Connective tissue disease

104 (4.3%)

17 (4.7%)

78 (3.9%)

26 (5.7%)

Liver disease

51 (2.1%)

10 (2.8%)

43 (2.2%)

8 (1.8%)

Metabolic disease

 Diabetes

315 (13.0%)

55 (15.3%)

225 (11.4%)

90 (19.8%)

 Obesity

135 (5.6%)

23 (6.4%)

112 (5.7%)

23 (5.1%)

Neurological disease

271 (11.1%)

38 (10.6%)

206 (10.4%)

65 (14.3%)

Comorbidity level (CCI)

 0 (reference)

1440 (59.2%)

201 (56.0%)

1281 (64.8%)

159 (34.9%)

 1 to 2

703 (28.9%)

118 (32.9%)

512 (25.9%)

191 (42.0%)

  > 2

287 (11.8%)

40 (11.1%)

182 (9.2%)

105 (23.1%)

  1. Groups with less than five patients are presented as < 5
  2. * Values expressed as total number (fraction) and medians [25 percentile-75 percentile] as appropriate. Chi-squared test for categorical variables and Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables
  3. **Readmission is defined as a hospital contact at least 24 h after a previous hospital contact and a duration of 12 h or more
  4. *** Any hospital contacts in the past 10 years