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Table 1 Participant demographics and comorbidities

From: Ruling out COVID-19 by chest CT at emergency admission when prevalence is low: the prospective, observational SCOUT study

Characteristics

All participants (N = 165)

COVID-19 present/overcome (n = 13)

COVID-19 absent (n = 152)

P value

Age, years

71.0 ± 15.8

72.1 ± 11.5

70.9 ± 16.2

.97

Sex

    

 Male

93 (56.4)

10 (76.9)

83 (54.6)

.12

 Female

72 (43.6)

3 (23.1)

69 (45.4)

.12

History of possible exposure to Sars-CoV-2

11 (16.9)

4 (30.8)

7 (4.6)

.006

Smoker (former or current)

41/142 (28.9)

2/10 (20.0)

39/132 (29.5)

.72

Body mass index, kg/m2

27.8 ± 8.1

28.9 ± 4.5

27.7 ± 8.5

.26

Chronic pulmonary disease

38 (23.0)

5 (38.5)

33 (21.7)

.18

Ischemic heart disease

48 (29.1)

5 (38.5)

43 (28.9)

.53

Heart failure

85 (51.5)

7 (53.8)

78 (51.3)

> .99

Cerebrovascular disease

47 (28.5)

1 (7.7)

46 (30.3)

.11

Diabetes

52/164 (31.7)

4/12 (33.3)

51 (33.6)

> .99

Currently uncontrolled

22/164 (13.4)

2/12 (16.7)

20 (13.2)

.67

Well adjusted

33/164 (20.1)

2/12 (16.7)

31 (20.4)

 

Malignancy

45 (27.3)

5 (38.5)

39 (25.7)

.34

Current

26 (15.8)

3 (23.1)

23 (15.1)

.68

Previous

19 (11.5)

3 (23.1)

16 (10.5)

.68

Arterial hypertension

131 (79.4)

11 (84.6)

120 (78.9)

> .99

Chronic renal failure

52 (31.5)

5 (38.5)

47 (30.9)

.11

Immune-compromiseda

71 (43.0)

5 (38.5)

66 (43.4)

.78

 Chronic liver disease

23 (13.9)

2 (15.4)

21 (13.8)

> .99

  1. Data are mean ± SD or n (%)
  2. aParticipants under immunosuppressive therapy and those with tumors, type 1 diabetes, advanced liver cirrhosis, or transplant were considered immune-compromised