Table 1 Basic demographic and clinical information of the study population.

From: Deaths “due to” COVID-19 and deaths “with” COVID-19 during the Omicron variant surge, among hospitalized patients in seven tertiary-care hospitals, Athens, Greece

 

N = 530

Age

81.93 ± 10.9

Female gender

260 (49.1)

Medical History

 CAD/CHF

238 (44.9)

 COPD/asthma

66 (12.5)

 Solid organ neoplasm

98 (18.5)

 Hematological cancer

38 (7.2)

 Autoimmune disease

26 (4.9)

 Diabetes

138 (26)

 Renal disease

77 (14.5)

 Liver disease

24 (4.5)

 Neurological disease

228 (43)

 Fracture

40 (7.5)

 Immunosuppression

77 (14.5)

 Transplant recipient

5 (0.9)

 Atrial fibrillation

83 (15.7)

 Age-adjusted Charlson score

6 [5–7]

Vaccination status

 Unvaccinated/partially vaccinated

220 (41.5)

 Fully vaccinated

107 (20.2)

 Boosted (> 2 doses)

198 (37.4)

Diagnosis

 Hospital transmission

108 (20.4)

 Days from diagnosis to admission

0 [0–4]

Admission department

 Infectious Diseases

326 (61.5)

 Internal Medicine

167 (31.5)

 Other

37 (7)

Clinical information

 Signs/symptoms

444 (83.8)

 Cough

40 (7.5)

 Elevated ferritin

52 (9.8)

 Lymphopenia

181 (34.2)

 Hypoxia

180 (34)

 Shortness of breath

140 (26.4)

 Fever

197 (37.2)

Received treatment

411 (77.5)

Oxygen support

 No oxygen

97 (18.3)

 Nasal cannula

49 (9.2)

 Mask

334 (63)

 HFNC/NIV

19 (3.6)

 Mechanical ventilation

26 (4.9)

Remdesivir treatment

 No treatment

237 (44.7)

 3-day prophylaxis

26 (4.9)

 5-day treatment

262 (49.4)

Dexamethasone

332 (62.6)

Immunomodulators

 None

495 (93.4)

 Tocilizumab

18 (3.4)

 Anakinra

6 (1.1)

 Baricitinib

5 (0.9)

Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir

3 (0.6)

Outcomes

 Days from admission to death

8 [4–15]

 Death attributed or related to COVID-19

290 (54.7)

 Death not related to COVID-19

240 (45.3)

  1. Data is presented as N (%) or mean ± SD for continuous normally distributed variables or median [interquartile range 25th–75th] for continuous non-normally distributed variables. CAD = Coronary artery disease, CHF = congestive heart failure, COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, HFNC = high flow nasal cannula, NIV = non-invasive ventilation.