Research Article
How Do COVID-19 Inpatients in the Denver Metropolitan Area Measure Up?
| Patient characteristics | n | % |
| Included patients | 681 | — | Age, median (IQR) [range], y | 64 (50–78) [0–103] | — | Sex | | | Female | 334 | 49.05 | Male | 347 | 50.95 | Race | | | White | 341 | 50.07 | Black | 111 | 16.30 | Others | 169 | 24.82 | Unknown | 60 | 8.81 | Comorbidities | | | Patients with at least 1 comorbidity | 534 | 78.41 | Cancer | 14 | 2.06 | Cardiovascular disease | | | Hypertension | 265 | 38.91 | Coronary artery disease | 99 | 14.54 | Congestive heart failure | 107 | 15.71 | Chronic respiratory disease | | | Asthma | 54 | 7.93 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 80 | 11.75 | Obstructive sleep apnea | 50 | 7.34 | Immunosuppression | | | History of solid organ transplant | 4 | 0.59 | Kidney disease | 122 | 17.91 | Liver disease | 31 | 4.55 | Metabolic disease | | | Obesity (BMI ≥ 30) | 154 | 22.61 | Morbid obesity (BMI ≥ 35) | 150 | 22.03 | Diabetes | 262 | 38.47 | Smoking status | | | Never smoker | 375 | 55.07 | Former smoker | 104 | 15.27 | Current smoker | 30 | 4.41 | Unknown | 172 | 25.26 | Total comorbidities | | | None | 147 | 21.59 | 1 | 164 | 24.08 | >1 | 370 | 54.33 | Total, median | 2 | |
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IQR = interquartile range; BMI = body mass index.
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