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Table 1 Baseline characteristics and univariate analysis

From: High procalcitonin levels associated with increased intensive care unit admission and mortality in patients with a COVID-19 infection in the emergency department

Patient characteristics

 

All patients

Non-severe COVID-19 infection

Severe COVID-19 infection

p-value

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Demograpic data

  

n = 227

n = 105

  

Sex: male

n (%)

191 (57.5)

115 (50.7)

76 (72.4)

 < 0.001

2.55 (1.56—4.26)

Age

Mean (SD)

60 (16.4)

58.1 (16.1)

64.9 (16.3)

 < 0.001

1.03 (1.01–1.05)

Comorbidity: pulmonary disease

n (%)

83 (25)

53 (23.8)

29 (27.6)

0.54

 

Comorbidity: cardiovascular disease

n (%)

165 (49.7)

115 (50.7)

50 (47.6)

0.691

 

Comorbidity: diabetes mellitus

n (%)

89 (26.8)

49 (21.6)

40 (38.1)

0.002

2.23 (1.35—3.71)

Comorbidity: malignancy

n (%)

52 (15.7)

35 (15.4)

17 (16.1)

0.986

 

Comorbidity: renal disease

n (%)

55 (16.6)

43 (18.9)

12 (11.4)

0.12

 

Comorbidity: auto-immune diseases

n (%)

37 (11.1)

27 (11.9)

10 (9.5)

0.652

 

Comorbidity: immunodeficiency

n (%)

63 (19)

53 (23.3)

10 (9.5)

0.005

 

Vital parameters

      

Heartrate

Mean (SD)

94.1 (18.4)

91 (17.9)

101 (19.6)

 < 0.001

1.03 (1.02–1.04)

Respiratory rate

Mean (SD)

25.2 (9)

24 (8.9)

27 (8.9)

0.001

1.03 (1.02–1.07)

Oxygen saturation

Median (IQR)

95 (94–97)

96 (94–97)

94 (88–96)

 < 0.001

0.85 (0.82–0.92)

Diastolic blood pressure

Mean (SD)

79.4 (16)

81 (15.6)

77 (16.2)

0.005

0.98 (0.96–0.99)

Systolic blood pressure

Mean (SD)

134.6 (22.2)

136 (21.8)

135 (23.2)

0.156

 

Temperature (Celcius)

Mean (SD)

37.6 (1)

37.5 (0.9)

37.8 (1.2)

0.288

 

Laboratory testing

      

Procalcitonin (ng/mL)

Median (IQR)

0.14 (0.07–0.38)

0.1 (0.06–0.18)

0.47 (0.17–1.46)

 < 0.001

4.19 (2.52–7.69)

CRP (mg/L)

Median (IQR)

62 (26–136)

46 (19–93)

141 (67–213)

 < 0.001

1.01 (1.01–1.02)

Leucocyte count

Median (IQR)

6.4 (4.8–9)

5.8 (4.4–7.7)

7.7 (6.1–11.1)

 < 0.001

1.16 (1.1–1.24)

Hemoglobin (mmol/L)

Mean (SD)

8 (1.3)

8 (1.2)

7.9 (1.5)

0.504

 

RDW (%)

Median (IQR)

13.3 (12.6–14.6)

13.2 (12.5–14.2)

13.9 (12.9–14.6)

0.014

1.04 (0.95–1.15)

Thrombocytes

Median (IQR)

206 (164–265)

205 (167–264)

206 (160–266)

0.851

 

ASAT (U/L)

Median (IQR)

41 (28–61)

36 (27–53)

53 (36–81)

 < 0.001

1.02 (1.01–1.02)

ALAT (U/L)

Median (IQR)

28 (19–48)

27 (18–43)

31 (22–53)

0.012

1.01 (1–1.01)

Total bilirubin (umol/L)

Median (IQR)

8 (6–11)

8 (6–11)

8 (6–12)

0.976

 

D-dimer (mg/L)

Median (IQR)

1.07 (0.5–2.18)

1 (0.47–1.48)

1.72 (0.71–4.51)

 < 0.001

1.22 (1.13–1.4)

Creatinin (umol/L)

Median (IQR)

88 (70–122)

82 (67–110)

111 (83–163)

 < 0.001

1.01 (1–1.01)

Lactate (mmol/L)

Median (IQR)

1.3 (1–1.8)

1.2 (1–1.7)

1.6 (1.2–2.5)

 < 0.001

2.15 (1.56–2.94)

Bacterial coinfection

n (%)

37 (11)

19 (8)

18 (17)

0.030

2.26 (1.13–4.54)

Outcome data

      

Admission length

Median (IQR)

7 (214)

6 (09)

16 (827)

 < 0.001

 

Mortality

n (%)

61 (18.4)

0 (0)

66 (58.1)

 < 0.001

 
  1. SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, OR odds ratio, CRP C-reactive protein, RDW red blood cell distribution width, ASAT aspartate aminotransferase, ALAT alanine-aminotransferase