Table 2 Clinical and treatment characteristics of COVID-19 confirmed cases stratified by survival status.
|  | Non-survivors (N = 144) N (%) | Survivors (N = 1762) N (%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Median age, years (IQR) | 86.00 [80.00, 91.00] | 71.00 [56.00, 81.00] | < 0.001 |
Sex | 106 (73.6) | 1044 (59.3) | 0.001 |
  Male |  |  |  |
  Female |  |  |  |
ICU admission | 53 (36.8) | 276 (15.7) | < 0.001 |
COVID-19 symptom(s) | Â | Â | Â |
  Expectoration | 90 (62.5) | 808 (45.9) | < 0.001 |
  Cough | 72 (50.0) | 735 (41.7) | 0.065 |
  Malaise | 72 (50.0) | 576 (32.7) | < 0.001 |
  Fever | 51 (35.4) | 576 (32.7) | 0.564 |
  Shortness of breath | 57 (39.6) | 476 (27.0) | 0.002 |
  Fatigue | 34 (23.6) | 323 (18.3) | 0.147 |
Severity | Â | Â | Â |
  Mild | 21 (14.6) | 521 (29.6) | < 0.001 |
  Moderate | 9 (6.2) | 326 (18.5) | < 0.001 |
  Severe | 23 (16.0) | 229 (13.0) | 0.376 |
  Critical | 51 (35.4) | 76 (4.3) | < 0.001 |
Comorbidities | Â | Â | Â |
  Pneumonia | 137 (95.1) | 1163 (66.0) | < 0.001 |
  Hypertension | 113 (78.5) | 946 (53.7) | < 0.001 |
  Diabetes | 71 (49.3) | 619 (35.1) | 0.001 |
  Heart failure | 90 (62.5) | 476 (27.0) | < 0.001 |
  Liver disease | 46 (31.9) | 433 (24.6) | 0.063 |
  Neoplastic disease | 45 (31.2) | 396 (22.5) | 0.022 |
  Arrhythmology | 71 (49.3) | 368 (20.9) | < 0.001 |
  Stroke | 62 (43.1) | 309 (17.5) | < 0.001 |
  Coronary heart disease | 61 (42.4) | 282 (16.0) | < 0.001 |
  Abnormal liver function | 49 (34.0) | 269 (15.3) | < 0.001 |
  Gastrointestinal hemorrhage | 28 (19.4) | 128 (7.3) | < 0.001 |
Treatment(s) | Â | Â | Â |
  Oxygen therapy | 134 (93.1) | 1391 (78.9) | < 0.001 |
  Mechanical ventilation | 108 (75.0) | 306 (17.4) | < 0.001 |
  Nasal high flow oxygen therapy | 69 (47.9) | 243 (13.8) | < 0.001 |
  Invasive ventilation | 82 (56.9) | 184 (10.4) | 0.000 |
  Thymus method | 50 (34.7) | 209 (11.9) | < 0.001 |
  Mask oxygen | 49 (34.0) | 186 (10.6) | < 0.001 |
  Prone position ventilation | 28 (19.4) | 155 (8.8) | < 0.001 |
  Nasal catheter for oxygen | 6 (4.2) | 75 (4.3) | > 0.999 |
  ECMO | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.1) | 0.145 |
  Antibiotic | 143 (99.3) | 1386 (78.7) | < 0.001 |
  Antibacterial drug | 142 (98.6) | 1351 (76.7) | < 0.001 |
  Anticoagulant therapy | 130 (90.3) | 1205 (68.4) | < 0.001 |
  Glucocorticoid | 98 (68.1) | 819 (46.5) | < 0.001 |
  Antipyretic analgesics | 81 (56.2) | 546 (31.0) | < 0.001 |
