Research Article

Evaluation of the Risk of Clinical Deterioration among Inpatients with COVID-19

Table 1

Demographic data of the studied sample.

Place of hospitalization value
Hosp_Intern (n = 59)ICU (n = 15)

Descriptive data
Age47.9 (±SD:16.5)66.5 (±SD: 17.3)0.001
Sex (male)35 (47.3)12 (16.2)0.137
White ethnicity40 (70.1)9 (15.7)0.696
Patient is a healthcare professional (yes)13 (18.0)1 (1.3)0.276
Patient had contact with grippal syndrome (yes)24 (32.4)4 (5.4)0.741
Received flu vaccine during the last campaign (yes)21 (42.8)6 (12.2)0.488
Not being a resident of the city (Juiz de Fora)10 (13.5)6 (8.1)0.077

Comorbidities
Hypertension20 (27.0)9 (12.2)0.064
Diabetes4 (5.4)0 (0.0)0.300
Dyslipidemia0 (0.0)1 (1.4)0.203
Immunosuppression2 (2.7)0 (0.0)0.470
Cardiopathy4 (5.4)4 (5.4)0.048
Asthma1 (1.4)0 (0.0)1.000
COPD0 (0.0)2 (2.7)0.039

Symptoms on admission
Tachypnea45 (62.5)7 (9.7)0.051
Tachycardia12 (16.6)3 (4.1)0.929
Cough47 (63.5)9 (12.2)0.175
Dyspnea21 (28.4)6 (8.1)0.752
Odynophagia17 (23.0)0 (0.0)0.016
Sputum production1 (1.4)1 (1.4)0.367
Headache13 (17.6)2 (2.7)0.791
Fever44 (59.5)10 (13.5)0.531
Rhinorrhea14 (18.9)2 (2.7)0.499
Diarrhea13 (17.6)3 (4.1)0.864

SD: standard deviation; n (%); values were calculated by the Mann–Whitney U test, χ2 test, or Fisher’s exact test.