Table 1 Asthma patients characteristics at hospital admission by disease
From: Outcomes and risk factors with COVID-19 or influenza in hospitalized asthma patients
|  | COVID-19 patients n = 402 | 2018–2019 influenza period patients n = 309 | COVID-19 patients vs 2018–2019 influenza period patients p value | 2017–2018 influenza period patients n = 283 | COVID-19 patients vs 2017–2018 influenza period patients p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 68 [54–80] | 66 [46–79] | 0.045 | 67 [52–81] | 0.47 |
 Age ≥ 70 | 207 (51) | 149 (48) | 0.39 | 140 (49) | 0.60 |
Male (%) | 167 (42) | 96 (31) | 0.0048 | 107 (38) | 0.34 |
Diabetes (%) | 108 (27) | 79 (26) | 0.69 | 66 (23) | 0.29 |
Obesity (%) | 158 (39) | 95 (31) | 0.022 | 90 (32) | 0.053 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 28 [23–32] | 26 [21–31] | 0.0082 | 26 [22–31] | 0.035 |
 Missing | 70 | 67 |  | 67 | |
High blood pressure (%) | 190 (47) | 144 (47) | 0.88 | 139 (49) | 0.64 |
Smoking (%) | 217 (54) | 167 (54) | 1 | 158 (56) | 0.64 |
Ischemic heart disease (%) | 64 (16) | 69 (22) | 0.033 | 63 (22) | 0.037 |
Heart failure (%) | 65 (16) | 85 (28) | < 0.001 | 82 (29) | < 0.001 |
Stroke (%) | 31 (7.7) | 27 (8.7) | 0.68 | 24 (8.5) | 0.78 |
Chronic renal failure (%) | 53 (13) | 54 (17) | 0.11 | 52 (18) | 0.068 |
Chronic renal failure on dialysis (%) | 6 (1.5) | 12 (3.9) | 0.054 | 11 (3.9) | 0.078 |