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Table 1 Patient profile of 1037 COVID-19 confirmed cases as of 30 April 2020 (with data during hospitalisation updated till 10 May 2020)

From: Development of a data-driven COVID-19 prognostication tool to inform triage and step-down care for hospitalised patients in Hong Kong: a population-based cohort study

 

Overall (n = 1037)

Worst condition upon discharge or till 10 May 2020

p-value*

Critical/serious (n = 50)

Stable (n = 485)

Satisfactory (n = 502)

Demographics

 Age (years)

  Mean ± SD

37.8 ± 17.8

60.6 ± 14.0

37.6 ± 17.5

35.6 ± 16.8

 < 0.0001

  Median

35

62

34

32

 

  Range

0–96

25–96

0–93

0–89

 

 Gender

  Male

558 (53.8%)

32 (64.0%)

232 (47.8%)

294 (58.6%)

0.0011

  Female

479 (46.2%)

18 (36.0%)

253 (52.2%)

208 (41.4%)

 

Chronic diseases

 Nil (Without any of 25 selected diseases)

915 (88.2%)

29 (58.0%)

425 (87.6%)

461 (91.8%)

 < 0.0001

 With any of 25 selected diseases

122 (11.8%)

21 (42.0%)

60 (12.4%)

41 (8.2%)

 

 Hypertension

87 (8.4%)

16 (32.0%)

46 (9.5%)

25 (5.0%)

 < 0.0001

 Hyperlipidemia

62 (6.0%)

12 (24.0%)

30 (6.2%)

20 (4.0%)

 < 0.0001

 Diabetes

33 (3.2%)

6 (12.0%)

15 (3.1%)

12 (2.4%)

0.0011

Source of infection

 Local cases

422 (40.7%)

30 (60.0%)

219 (45.2%)

173 (34.5%)

 < 0.0001

 Imported cases

615 (59.3%)

20 (40.0%)

266 (54.8%)

329 (65.5%)

 

Symptoms

 With presenting symptoms upon COVID-19 confirmation

844 (81.4%)

48 (96.0%)

406 (83.7%)

390 (77.7%)

0.0013

Duration between symptom onset and admission

 Mean ± SD (Days)

5.8 ± 5.4

5.5 ± 3.7

5.2 ± 4.7

6.4 ± 6.2

0.1650

 Less than 5 days

447 (53.0%)

22 (45.8%)

225 (55.4%)

200 (51.3%)

0.0514

 5–9 days

246 (29.1%)

17 (35.4%)

124 (30.5%)

105 (26.9%)

 

 10 days or above

151 (17.9%)

9 (18.8%)

57 (14.0%)

85 (21.8%)

 

Symptoms (incl. data captured during hospitalisation)

 Cough

514 (49.5%)

41 (82.0%)

246 (50.7%)

227 (45.2%)

 < 0.0001

 Fever

495 (47.7%)

40 (80.0%)

242 (49.9%)

213 (42.4%)

 < 0.0001

 Sore Throat

272 (26.2%)

9 (18.0%)

142 (29.3%)

121 (24.1%)

0.0724

 Headache

159 (15.3%)

7 (14.0%)

74 (15.3%)

78 (15.5%)

0.9575

 Diarrhea

117 (11.3%)

9 (18.0%)

61 (12.6%)

47 (9.4%)

0.0856

 Fatigue

110 (10.6%)

9 (18.0%)

53 (10.9%)

48 (9.6%)

0.1726

 Myalgia

109 (10.5%)

9 (18.0%)

51 (10.5%)

49 (9.8%)

0.1938

 Dyspnoea

88 (8.5%)

23 (46.0%)

37 (7.6%)

28 (5.6%)

 < 0.0001

 Chills

77 (7.4%)

9 (18.0%)

42 (8.7%)

26 (5.2%)

0.0016

 Pneumonia

36 (3.5%)

13 (26.0%)

14 (2.9%)

9 (1.8%)

 < 0.0001

 Vomiting

13 (1.3%)

2 (4.0%)

5 (1.0%)

6 (1.2%)

0.1965

 Others not listed above

268 (25.8%)

9 (18.0%)

124 (25.6%)

135 (26.9%)

0.3843

Worst condition up to Day n of admission

Day 1

Day 5

Day 1

Day 5

Day 1

Day 5

Day 1

Day 5

 

Critical

4

19

4

19

0

0

0

0

 

Serious

14

21

14

21

0

0

0

0

 

Stable

461

481

15

5

446

476

0

0

 

Satisfactory

550

515

16

5

34

8

500

502

 

Missing

8

1

1

0

5

1

2

0

 

Treatments

 Anti-viral drugs (Kaletra/ribavirin/interferon)

637 (61.4%)

49 (98.0%)

317 (65.4%)

271 (53.9%)

 < 0.0001

 Corticosteriod drugs

72 (6.9%)

30 (60.0%)

26 (5.4%)

16 (3.2%)

 < 0.0001

 ICU care

53 (5.1%)

39 (78.0%)

10 (2.1%)

4 (0.8%)

 < 0.0001

 Intubation

23 (2.2%)

23 (46.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

-

Discharge status (as of 10 May 2020)

 Still hospitalized

50 (4.8%)

10 (20.0%)

25 (5.2%)

15 (3.0%)

 < 0.0001

 Discharged alive

983 (94.8%)

37 (74.0%)

460 (94.8%)

486 (96.8%)

 

 Deceased

4 (0.4%)

3 (6.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.2%)

 

Length of stay (days) (incl. not yet discharged cases)

 Mean ± SD

21.7 ± 11.7

32.7 ± 14.4

22.1 ± 11.5

20.1 ± 11.0

 < 0.0001

 0–7 days

80 (7.7%)

1 (2.0%)

26 (5.4%)

53 (10.6%)

 < 0.0001

 8–14 days

240 (23.1%)

3 (6.0%)

110 (22.7%)

127 (25.3%)

 

 15–21 days

244 (23.5%)

4 (8.0%)

122 (25.2%)

118 (23.5%)

 

 22 days or above

473 (45.6%)

42 (84.0%)

227 (46.8%)

204 (40.6%)

 
  1. *p value based on chi-square test for categorical variables and Kruskal–Wallis test for continuous variables
  2. Refer to 25 chronic diseases (Including Diabetes, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Coronary Heart Disease, Chronic Heart Failure, Chronic Kidney Disease, Stroke, Glaucoma, Hip fracture, Hepatitis B, Dementia, Depression, Parkinsonism, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Cancer of lung, colorectum, breast, liver, prostate, stomach, cervix, corpus, ovary and nasopharynx) in the HA chronic diseases virtual registry up to 2018, and the latest information of Diabetes, Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia
  3. For those discharged before Day 5, the worst condition up to day of discharge is tabulated