Table 1 Description of the three NAPKON sub-cohorts in the original and anonymized (PUF) dataset from 2022-03-15.

From: Statistical biases due to anonymization evaluated in an open clinical dataset from COVID-19 patients

 

Original (n = 4,562)

Anonymized (n = 3,904)

SUEP (n = 1,697)

POP (n = 2,346)

HAP (n = 519)

SUEP (n = 1,387)

POP (n = 2,280)

HAP (n = 237)

Age in years

 <18

40 (2.4%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 18–39

317 (18.7%)

920 (39.2%)

78 (15.0%)

275 (19.8%)

917 (40.2%)

0 (0%)

 40–59

609 (35.9%)

967 (41.2%)

230 (44.3%)

541 (39.0%)

957 (42.0%)

129 (54.4%)

 60–79

584 (34.4%)

412 (17.6%)

187 (36.0%)

528 (38.1%)

394 (17.3%)

108 (45.6%)

 >79

147 (8.7%)

35 (1.5%)

23 (4.4%)

43 (3.1%)

12 (0.5%)

0 (0%)

 Missing

0 (0%)

12 (0.5%)

1 (0.2%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Gender

 Male

1,020 (60.1%)

1,040 (44.3%)

352 (67.8%)

868 (62.6%)

1001 (43.9%)

181 (76.4%)

 Female

677 (39.9%)

1,305 (55.6%)

166 (32.0%)

519 (37.4%)

1,279 (56.1%)

56 (23.6%)

 Missing

0 (0%)

1 (0.04%)

1 (0.2%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Quarter and year of first COVID-19 diagnosis

 Q1 2020

2 (0.1%)

554 (23.6%)

11 (2.1%)

0 (0%)

541 (23.7%)

0 (0%)

 Q2 2020

0 (0%)

279 (11.9%)

24 (4.6%)

0 (0%)

271 (11.9%)

0 (0%)

 Q3 2020

7 (0.4%)

275 (11.7%)

19 (3.7%)

0 (0%)

265 (11.6%)

0 (0%)

 Q4 2020

68 (4.0%)

748 (31.9%)

61 (11.8%)

0 (0%)

740 (32.4%)

0 (0%)

 Q1 2021

534 (31.5%)

367 (15.6%)

156 (30.1%)

496 (35.8%)

365 (16.0%)

130 (54.9%)

 Q2 2021

397 (23.4%)

86 (3.7%)

108 (20.8%)

390 (28.1%)

76 (3.3%)

85 (35.9%)

 Q3 2021

208 (12.3%)

1 (0.04%)

39 (7.5%)

194 (14.0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Q4 2021

357 (21.0%)

1 (0.04%)

72 (13.9%)

307 (22.1%)

0 (0%)

22 (9.3%)

 Q1 2022

66 (3.9%)

0 (0%)

7 (1.3%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Missing

58 (3.4%)

35 (1.5%)

22 (4.2%)

0 (0%)

22 (1.0%)

0 (0%)

WHO Clinical Progression Scale most severe phase

 Mild

191 (11.3%)

2185 (93.1%)

0 (0%)

149 (10.7%)

2131 (93.5%)

0 (0%)

 Moderate

1,135 (66.9%)

124 (5.3%)

320 (61.7%)

919 (66.3%)

114 (5.0%)

144 (60.8%)

 Severe

349 (20.6%)

37 (1.6%)

199 (38.3%)

307 (22.1%)

35 (1.5%)

93 (39.2%)

 Missing

22 (1.3%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

12 (0.9%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Patient status at end acute phase

 Ambulant

192 (11.3%)

2,108 (89.9%)

0 (0%)

149 (10.7%)

2,069 (90.7%)

0 (0%)

 Discharged

1,084 (63.9%)

124 (5.3%)

407 (78.4%)

911 (65.7%)

112 (4.9%)

180 (75.9%)

 Referral/transfer

221 (13.0%)

0 (0%)

26 (5.0%)

176 (12.7%)

0 (0%)

14 (5.9%)

 Dead

103 (6.1%)

0 (0%)

62 (11.9%)

87 (6.3%)

0 (0%)

34 (14.3%)

 Missing

97 (5.7%)

114 (4.9%)

23 (4.4%)

64 (4.6%)

99 (4.3%)

9 (3.8%)

Hospitalization

 Yes

1,502 (88.5%)

161 (6.9%)

519 (100%)

1,238 (89.3%)

149 (6.5%)

237 (100%)

 No

192 (11.3%)

2,185 (93.1%)

0 (0%)

149 (10.7%)

2,131 (93.5%)

0 (0%)

 Missing

3 (0.2%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Intensive Care Treatment

 Yes

403 (23.7%)

33 (1.4%)

200 (38.5%)

356 (25.7%)

31 (1.4%)

99 (41.8%)

 No

1,294 (76.3%)

2,313 (98.6%)

319 (61.5%)

1,031 (74.3%)

2,249 (98.6%)

138 (58.2%)

Invasive ventilation

 Yes

153 (9.0%)

18 (0.8%)

111 (21.4%)

128 (9.2%)

18 (0.8%)

60 (25.3%)

 No

1,522 (89.7%)

2,328 (99.2%)

327 (63.0%)

1,245 (89.8%)

2,262 (99.2%)

131 (55.3%)

 Missing

22 (1.3%)

0 (0%)

81 (15.6%)

14 (1.0%)

0 (0%)

46 (19.4%)

3-month follow-up available

 Yes

968 (57.0%)

2,346 (100%)

158 (30.4%)

859 (63.0%)

2,280 (100%)

103 (43.5%)

 No/not yet

729 (43.0%)

0 (0%)

361 (69.6%)

528 (38.1%)

0 (0%)

134 (56.5%)

Any symptoms at 3-month follow-up (if 3-month follow-up available)

 Yes

305 (31.5%)

900 (38.4%)

43 (27.2%)

280 (32.6%)

874 (38.3%)

36 (35.0%)

 No

663 (68.5%)

862 (36.7%)

115 (72.8%)

579 (67.4%)

847 (37.1%)

67 (65.0%)

 Missing

0 (0%)

584 (24.9%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

559 (24.5%)

0 (0%)

Ability to work at 3-month follow-up (if 3-month follow-up available)

 Yes

454 (46.9%)

1,754 (74.8%)

41 (26.0%)

442 (51.5%)

1,729 (75.8%)

30 (29.1%)

 No

89 (9.2%)

126 (5.4%)

91 (57.6%)

85 (10.0%)

124 (5.4%)

59 (57.3%)

 Missing

425 (43.9%)

466 (19.9%)

26 (16.5%)

332 (38.7%)

427 (18.7%)

14 (13.6%)

  1. 3-month follow-up obtained 10 to 14 weeks after day of first COVID-19 diagnosis (for POP retrospective documentation). SUEP = Cross-Sectoral Platform; POP = Population-Based Platform; HAP = High-Resolution Platform.