Table 1 Baseline and clinical characteristics depending of COVID-19 treatment administered.

From: Absence of relevant QT interval prolongation in not critically ill COVID-19 patients

 

Total (N = 219)

Hydroxychloroquine and/or azithromycin (N = 105)a

Hydroxychoroquine. azithromycin and antirretroviral (N = 114)

P value

Baseline characteristics no. (%)

Age, mean (SD)–yr

63.6 (17.4)

67.1 (19.3)

60.3 (14.7)

.002

Male sex

112 (51.1)

46 (43.8)

66 (57.9)

.037

AHT

109 (49.8)

55 (52.4)

54 (47.4)

.459

Structural Heart Diseaseb

33 (15.1)

21 (20.0)

12 (10.5)

.050

Obesity

19 (8.7)

8 (7.6)

11 (9.6)

.594

ACEI/ARB

83 (37.9)

39 (37.1)

44 (38.6)

.825

Beta blocker

39 (17.8)

22 (21.0)

17 (14.9)

.243

Antidepressant

36 (16.4)

26 (24.8)

10 (8.8)

.001

Clinical features no. (%)

Fever–no. (%)

145 (66.2)

56 (53.3)

89 (78.1)

 < .001

Multilobar Pneumonia–no. (%)

135 (61.6)

47 (44.8)

88 (77.2)

 < .001

Myocarditis

0 (0)

0 (0)

(0)

Ferritin–median [IQR], ng/mL

573.0 [205.5–1275.0]

330.0 [170.0–514.0]

1040.0 [394.3–2215.6]

 < .001

Hs Troponin I, median [IQR], pg/ml

6.1 [2.2–20.0]

11.0 [4.0–31.0]

4.7 [2.1–10.6]

.005

DD–median [IQR], mg/L

0.9 [0.5–2.1]

1.44 [0.65–3.9]

0.95 [0.6–1.5]

.203

LDH–median [IQR], IU/L

364.0 [271.0–458.0]

308.0 [268.0–405.0]

391.5 [347.5–521.3]

 < .001

CRP–median [IQR], mg/L

73.0 [20.0–156.0]

52.0 [22.5–172.0]

84.0 [39.5–177.5]

 < .001

K + –mean (SD), mEq/L

4.0 [3.8–4.3]

4.0 [3.8–4.4]

4.0 [3.8–4.3]

.494

Ca + 2–mean (SD), mg/dL

9.2 [8.8–9.6]

9.2 [8.6–9.6]

9.2 [8.9–9.5]

.374

Tocilizumab–no. (%)

11 (5.0)

0 (0.0)

11 (9.6)

.001

Antidepressant–no. (%)

27 (12.3)

19 (18.1)

8 (7.0)

.013

Neuroleptic–no. (%)

19 (8.7)

14 (13.3)

5 (4.4)

.019

Exitus–no. (%)***

15 (8.2)

10 (14.5)

5 (4.4)

.016

  1. ACEI, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor; AHT, arterial hypertension ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; CRP, C-reactive protein; DD, D-dimer; ECG, electrocardiogram; Hs, high sensitive; IQR, interquartile range; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; SD, standard deviation.
  2. aNote that 90.5% (n = 95) of the patients received both drugs, azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine.
  3. bConsidered: ischemic, hypertensive, dilated, hypertrophic and valvular cardiomyopathy.
  4. cInpatient mortality (n = 183).