Skip to main content

Table 1 Patients’ characteristics including comparison of patients with or without any treatment limitation (PTL)

From: Patients’ treatment limitations as predictive factor for mortality in COVID-19: results from hospitalized patients of a hotspot region for SARS-CoV-2 infections

Variable

All patients (n = 526)

No limitation (n = 300)

Any limitation (n = 226)

p-value

n

Median (quartiles)

n

Median (quartiles)

n

Median (quartiles)

Demographics/vital parameters

 Sex (%)

526

♂ 53.4; ♀ 46.6

300

♂ 55.7; ♀44.3

226

♂ 50.4; ♀ 49.6

0.252

 Age (years)

526

73 (57; 82)

300

60 (51; 73)

226

81 (76; 87)

< 0.001

 Pulse rate (1/min)

523

84 (76; 95)

299

84 (78; 97)

224

82 (73.3; 94)

0.065

 sBP (mmHg)

523

129 (113; 140)

299

130 (115; 140)

224

126 (110; 140)

0.162

 dBP (mmHg)

523

75 (65; 84)

299

77 (70; 85)

224

70 (60; 80)

< 0.001

 Body temperature (°C)

525

37.6 (36.8; 38.4)

300

37.7 (37; 38.5)

225

37.4 (36.7; 38.2)

0.007

 SpO2 (%)

506

94 (91; 96)

285

94 (92; 96.3)

220

93 (90; 96)

0.002

Laboratory parameters upon admission

 Hemoglobin (g/dl)

524

13.3 (11.8; 14.6)

300

13.5 (12.2; 14.8)

224

12.9 (11.3; 14.2)

< 0.001

 Hematocrit (%)

524

38.6 (34.5; 42.0)

300

39.4 (35.3; 42.3)

224

37.9 (33.3; 41.7)

0.007

 Thrombocytes (G/l)

524

197.5 (150.0; 252.0)

300

198.5 (152.0; 249.8)

224

190 (148.3; 255.8)

0.885

 Leucocytes (G/l)

524

6.5 (4.7; 8.9)

300

6.1 (4.6; 8.4)

224

6.9 (5.0; 9.8)

0.001

 Lymphocytes (G/l)

456

0.9 (0.7; 1.3)

262

1 (0.7; 1.4)

194

0.9 (0.6; 1.3)

0.014

 Neutrophils (G/l)

456

5.1 (3.4; 7.6)

262

4.7 (3.2; 6.8)

194

5.4 (3.8; 8.5)

0.001

 Creatinine (µmol/l)

517

1.1 (0.9; 1.5)

294

1 (0.8; 1.3)

223

1.4 (1.0; 2.0)

< 0.001

 eGFR (ml/min)

517

61.1 (37.9; 82.2)

294

73.6 (55.2; 88.1)

223

42.8 (26.3; 62.2)

< 0.001

 ALT (U/l)

473

25.0 (17.4; 39.0)

271

28 (19.6; 43.1)

202

21.9 (15.2; 32.5)

< 0.001

 GGT (U/l)

448

41.0 (22.3; 79.0)

251

41 (23.0; 75.0)

197

41 (22.0; 92.5)

0.591

 LDH (U/l)

419

311.0 (231.0; 402.0)

238

309 (229.8; 394.8)

181

315 (235.0; 402.5)

0.674

 CRP (mg/dl)

519

6.0 (2.3; 11.5)

297

5.4 (1.9; 10.2)

222

6.5 (3.1; 12.1)

0.014

 IL-6 (pg/ml)

91

66.5 (27.4; 127.0)

55

73.3 (27.7; 127.0)

36

63.6 (24.8; 128.8)

0.858

  1. Bold p-values represent statistical significance (< 0.05)
  2. sBP systolic blood pressure, dBP diastolic blood pressure, SpO2 pulse oxygen saturation, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, ALT alanine aminotransferase, GGT gamma-glutamyl transferase, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, CRP C-reactive protein, IL-6 Interleukin-6