Research Article

Prevalence and Impact of Preexisting Comorbidities on Overall Clinical Outcomes of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

Table 1

Demographics and baseline clinical characteristics of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Data expressed as . value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

VariableTotalNo comorbidity (, % within total)Any comorbidity (, % within total) value

Study size369151 (40.9%)218 (59.1%)
Male272 (73.7%)103 (37.8%)169 (62.1%)0.051
Female97 (26.2%)48 (49.4%)49 (50.5%)
Age (in years)≤0.001
Blood pressure-systolic (mmHg)≤0.001
Blood pressure-diastolic (mmHg)0.133
Pulse rate (beats/minute)0.184
Respiratory rate (breaths/minute)0.001
SPO2 (%)0.005
Temperature (Fahrenheit)0.201
Survivors283 (76.69%)137 (48.4%)146 (51.5%)≤0.001
Nonsurvivors86 (23.30%)14 (16.3%)72 (83.7%)
ICU admissions117 (31.7%)23 (19.7%)94 (80.3%)≤0.001
Non-ICU admissions252 (68.3%)125 (49.6%)127 (50.4%)
Length of hospital stay (in days)≤0.001

Note: categorical variables were analyzed using Chi-square test.