Table 1 Characteristics of critically ill patients with COVID-19 at baseline.

From: In-hospital survival of critically ill COVID-19 patients treated with glucocorticoids: a multicenter real-world data study

 

All patients (N = 1014)

NoC (N = 348)

LowC (N = 111)

HighC (N = 555)

Age at diagnosis, median (IQR), years

62 (53–70)

61 (49–72)

63 (56–68)

62 (54–69)

Sex

    

Female, n (%)

304 (30)

100 (28.7)

33 (29.7)

171 (30.8)

Male, n (%)

709 (69.9)

247 (71)

78 (70.3)

384 (69.2)

NA, n (%)

1 (0.1)

1 (0.3)

0

0

Body mass index, mean (min–max), kg/m2

29 (26–35)

28 (26–34)

29 (26–35)

29 (26–35)

Smoker

    

Past, n (%)

110 (10.8)

34 (9.8)

13 (11.7)

63 (11.4)

Active, n (%)

58 (5.7)

18 (5.2)

4 (3.6)

36 (6.5)

NA, n (%)

846 (83.4)

296 (85.1)

94 (84.7)

456 (82.2)

Comorbidities, n (%)

    

Hypertension, n (%)

466 (46)

173 (49.7)

50 (45)

243 (43.8)

Asthma, n (%)

72 (7.1)

22 (6.3)

6 (5.4)

44 (7.9)

Diabetes Type 1, n (%)

9 (0.8)

3 (0.9)

3 (2.7)

3 (0.5)

Diabetes Type 2, n (%)

260 (25.6)

83 (23.9)

28 (25.2)

149 (26.8)

Coronary artery disease, n (%)

148 (14.6)

55 (15.8)

14 (12.6)

79 (14.2)

Fibrosis Lung, n (%)

9 (1.0)

3 (0.9)

0

6 (1.1)

HIV, n (%)

6 (0.6)

4 (1.2)

0

2 (0.4)

Depression, n (%)

46 (4.5)

12 (3.4)

7 (6.3)

27 (4.9)

Dementia, n (%)

39 (3.8)

19 (5.5)

2 (1.8)

18 (3.2)

Malignoma, n (%)

47 (4.6)

16 (4.6)

6 (5.4)

25 (4.5)

Kidney transplantation, n (%)

28 (2.8)

6 (1.7)

2 (1.8)

20 (3.6)

NA, n (%)

4 (0.4)

1 (0.3)

0

3 (0.5)

SARS-CoV-2 1st infection, n (%)

1008 (99.4)

348 (100)

109 (98.2)

551 (99.3)

SARS-CoV-2 (Feb 2020 – Oct 2020), n (%)

169 (16.7)

90 (25.9)

14 (12.6)

65 (11.7)

Glucocorticoids, n (%)

79 (46.7)

90 (53.3)

14 (8.3)

65 (38.4)

SARS-CoV-2 (Oct 2020 – Dec 2021), n (%)

845 (83.3)

258 (74.1)

97 (87.4)

490 (88.3)

Glucocorticoids, n (%)

587 (69.5)

258 (30.5)

97 (11.5)

490 (58)

APACHE II score, median (IQR)

23 (15–30)

16 (11–24)

29 (20–35)

25 (17–31)

SOFA score, median (IQR)

7 (2–11)

2.5 (0–5.8)

10 (6.5–14)

8 (4–12)

SAPS II score, median (IQR)

38 (30–46)

32 (25–41)

43 (35–51)

39 (31–48)

Charlson comorbidity index, median (IQR)

2 (1–4)

2 (1–4)

2 (1–4)

2 (1–4)

Creatinine, median (IQR)

0.93 (0.67–1.5)

0.85 (0.69–1.2)

1.4 (0.73–2.2)

0.99 (0.66–1.6)

Urea, median (IQR)

59 (37–90)

45 (30–68)

73 (50–100)

64 (43–100)

Renal replacement therapy, n (%)

434 (42.9)

45 (12.9)

84 (75.7)

305 (55)

Invasive Ventilation, n (%)

710 (70)

120 (34.5)

100 (90.1)

490 (88.3)

Norepinephrine, n (%)

732 (72.2)

130 (37.4)

100 (90.1)

502 (90.5)