Research Article

The Impact of COVID-19 on Hospitalised COPD Exacerbations in Malta

Table 4

Continuous variables significantly related with inpatient mortality (analysed using independent samples -test).

MortalitySample sizeMeanStandard deviation value

Patient age on admission (years)Yes4576.718.064<0.001
No33370.759.091

Total number of previous AECOPD admissions ()Yes451.471.791<0.001
No3284.676.644

Length of stay in hospital (days)Yes4511.7312.0270.003
No3336.055.717

Days since last admission (days)Yes452.070.8630.049
No3251.790.888