Table 2 Comparison of demographics and characteristics of hospital stay between critical clusters 1 and 2 of Discovery cohort with the validation cohort

From: Sustained IFN signaling is associated with delayed development of SARS-CoV-2-specific immunity

Variables

Entries

Cluster 1 + 2—Discovery

Validation (entire cohort)

p

 

N

87

76

 
 

Age (mean (SD))

68.8 (13.72)

59.42 (13.75)

<0.001

Sex (male (%))

52 (59.8%)

60 (78.9)

0.0084

Max respiratory support throughout hospital stay

 

No O2

15 (17.2%)

0 (0%)

<0.001

NC/HFNC

13 (14.9%)

0 (0%)

<0.001

NIV

16 (18.4%)

25 (32.9%)

0.033

ETI

42 (48.3%)

49 (65.3%)

0.038

ECMO

1 (1.2%)

2 (2.6%)

0.48

ICU admission

56 (64.4%)

76 (100%)

<0.001

Days in ICU (mean (SD))

20.5 (20.55)

14.54 (10.04)

0.023

Metabolic risk factors

 

Any metabolic risk factor

63 (72.4%)

50 (75.8%)

0.36

Obese (%)

17 (19.5%)

27 (40.9%)

0.022

Hypertension (%)

56 (64.3%)

40 (52.6%)

0.13

Diabetes (%)

34 (39.1%)

21 (27.6%)

0.12

Chronic diseases

 

One or more (%)

59 (67.8%)

38 (50.7%)

0.12

Chronic Kidney Disease (%)

22 (25.3%)

17 (22.4%)

0.66

Heart Failure (%)

22 (25.3%)

3 (3.9%)

<0.001

Respiratory Disease (%)

20 (23.0%)

19 (25.0%)

0.76

Liver Disease (%)

12 (13.8%)

0 (0%)

<0.001

Immunosuppressed (%)

10 (11.5%)

10 (13.3%)

0.75

Malignancy (%)

12 (13.8%)

3 (3.9%)

0.03

HIV (%)

3 (3.4%)

0 (0%)

0.10

Neurological disorder (%)

11 (12.6%)

4 (5.3%)

0.10

Risk factors metabolic or chronic

 

One or more (%)

74 (85.1%)

58 (89.2%)

0.16

Outcome

 

Fatality DSO60 (%)

24 (27.8%)

18 (23.7%)

0.57

  1. Values displayed are medians, with standard deviation in parentheses for continuous variables, or percentages for categorical variables. Percentages were rounded to the nearest unit. Unpaired t test for continuous variables, and two-sided χ2 test for categorical variables.
  2. Bold values indicate statistical significance p < 0.05.