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 | Age | 47.9 (±SD:16.5) | 66.5 (±SD: 17.3) | 0.001 | Sex (male) | 35 (47.3) | 12 (16.2) | 0.137 | White ethnicity | 40 (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 | Hypertension | 20 (27.0) | 9 (12.2) | 0.064 | Diabetes | 4 (5.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0.300 | Dyslipidemia | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.4) | 0.203 | Immunosuppression | 2 (2.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0.470 | Cardiopathy | 4 (5.4) | 4 (5.4) | 0.048 | Asthma | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000 | COPD | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.7) | 0.039 |
| Symptoms on admission | Tachypnea | 45 (62.5) | 7 (9.7) | 0.051 | Tachycardia | 12 (16.6) | 3 (4.1) | 0.929 | Cough | 47 (63.5) | 9 (12.2) | 0.175 | Dyspnea | 21 (28.4) | 6 (8.1) | 0.752 | Odynophagia | 17 (23.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.016 | Sputum production | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.4) | 0.367 | Headache | 13 (17.6) | 2 (2.7) | 0.791 | Fever | 44 (59.5) | 10 (13.5) | 0.531 | Rhinorrhea | 14 (18.9) | 2 (2.7) | 0.499 | Diarrhea | 13 (17.6) | 3 (4.1) | 0.864 |
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SD: standard deviation; n (%); values were calculated by the Mann–Whitney U test, χ2 test, or Fisher’s exact test. |