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Table 3 Treatments in elderly patients with COVID-19

From: Risk factors for mortality in patients over 70 years old with COVID-19 in Wuhan at the early break: retrospective case series

 

Total

Survivor

Non-survivor

P*

n = 147 (%)

n = 105 (%)

n = 42 (%)

Antivirals

143 (97.3)

104 (99.1)

39 (92.9)

0.071

Antibiotics

124 (84.4)

82 (78.1)

42 (100.0)

<  0.001

Hormone

70 (47.6)

42 (40.0)

28 (66.7)

0.006

Gamma globulin

66 (44.9)

43 (41.0)

23 (54.8)

0.145

Chinese medicine

108 (73.5)

81 (77.1)

27 (64.3)

0.147

Oxygen

132 (89.8)

91 (86.7)

41 (97.6)

0.068

Vasoactive drugs

32 (21.8)

3 (2.9)

29 (69.1)

<  0.001

Hemodialysis

4 (2.7)

3 (2.9)

1 (2.4)

0.999

Other therapy

95 (64.6)

64 (61.0)

31 (73.8)

0.182

  1. *P values were calculated by the Chi-square test for categorical variables, and the Fisher’s exact test was used when the data were limited. *P <  0.05