Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of individuals aged 15 years or older with COVID-19 infection in the PRECOVID Cohort.

From: Identifying multimorbidity profiles associated with COVID-19 severity in chronic patients using network analysis in the PRECOVID Study

Characteristics

Total (N = 48,415)

Men (N = 20,936)

Women (N = 27,479)

Mean age (sd)

52.0 (21.10)

51.7 (20.47)

52.3 (21.56)

Age interval (N, %)

15–64 years

35,106 (72.5%)

15,279 (73.0%)

19,827 (72.2%)

65–79 years

6,961 (14.4%)

3,431 (16.4%)

3,530 (12.8%)

 ≥ 80 years

6,348 (13.1%)

2,226 (10.6%)

4,122 (15.0%)

Mean number of chronic diseases (sd)

3.94 (2.88)

3.50 (2.61)

4.29 (3.02)

Multimorbidity † (N, %)

Total

38,323 (79.2%)

15,659 (74.8%)

22,664 (82.5%)

15–64 years

25,605 (72.9%)

10,306 (67.5%)

15,299 (77.2%)

65–79 years

6,568 (94.4%)

3,190 (93.0%)

3,378 (95.7%)

 ≥ 80 years

6,150 (96.9%)

2,163 (97.2%)

3,987 (96.7%)

Outcomes

Hospitalization (N, %)

4,586 (9.5%)

2,400 (11.5%)

2,186 (8.0%)

30-day-mortality (N, %)

1,311 (2.7%)

683 (3.3%)

628 (2.3%)

Severity †† (N, %)

Total

5,117 (10.6%)

2,671 (12.8%)

2,446 (8.9%)

15–64 years

1,572 (4.5%)

903 (5.9%)

669 (3.4%)

65–79 years

1,338 (19.2%)

790 (23.0%)

548 (15.5%)

 ≥ 80 years

2,207 (34.8%)

978 (43.9%)

1,229 (29.8%)

  1. Multimorbidity, defined as the simultaneous co-existence of two or more chronic diseases, excluding COVID-19; sd, standard deviation; †† Severity, defined as a composite outcome based on the need for hospital admission (including in Intensive Care Units) or 30-day all-cause mortality.