Table 1 Characteristics of inpatients with airway infections
From: What about the others: differential diagnosis of COVID-19 in a German emergency department
All (n = 136) | COVID19+ (n = 47) | COVID19– (n = 89) | Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, mean (± SD, range) | 68 (± 17.54, 23–97) | 70 (± 17.65, 23–94) | 67 (± 17.51, 24–97) | 0.420 | |
Male gender, n (%) | 90 (66.2) | 31 (66.0) | 59 (66.3) | 0.985 (0.481–2.141) | 0.969 |
Manchester triage, n (%) | |||||
Red | 14 (10.3) | 4 (8.5) | 10 (11.2) | 0.735 (0.217–2.483) | 0.619 |
Orange | 12 (8.8) | 3 (6.4) | 9 (10.1) | 0.606 (0.156–2.355) | 0.466 |
Yellow | 50 (36.8) | 15 (31.9) | 35 (39.3) | 0.723 (0.343–1.525) | 0.394 |
Green | 58 (42.6) | 25 (53.2) | 33 (37.1) | 1.928 (0.942–3.948) | 0.071 |
Blue | 2 (1.5) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.2) | 0.987 (0.947–1.009) | 0.301 |
Medical history, positive for, n (%) | |||||
Cardiac | 85 (62.5) | 29 (61.7) | 56 (62.9) | 0.904 (0.436–1.877) | 0.769 |
Pulmonary | 44 (32.4) | 10 (21.3) | 34 (38.2) | 0.429 (0.189–0.973) | 0.108 |
PE/thrombosis | 9 (6.6) | 2 (4.3) | 7 (7.9) | 0.53 (0.106–2.673) | 0.437 |
Renal | 26 (2.9) | 4 (8.5) | 22 (24.7) | 0.283 (0.091–0.879) | 0.025 |
Cancer | 31 (22.8) | 10 (21.3) | 21 (23.6) | 0.87 (0.373–2.053) | 0.808 |
Smoker, n (%) | |||||
Never | 26 (19.1) | 9 (19.1) | 17 (19.1) | 0.997 (0.406–2.448) | 0.995 |
Yes | 16 (11.8) | 1 (2.1) | 15 (16.9) | 0.107 (0.014–0.839) | 0.011 |
Quitted | 9 (6.6) | 4 (8.5) | 5 (5.6) | 0.640 (0.163–2.506) | 0.519 |
Unknown | 85 (62.5) | 33 (70.2) | 52 (58.4) | 0.596 (0.281–1.267) | 0.177 |