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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Clinical trends among patients with asthma hospitalized for COVID-19 based on data from a nationwide database: an observational study

Variable

Jan, 2020 – Jun, 2021 (n = 46,336)

Jul, 2021 – Dec, 2022 (n = 26,246)

Non-asthma, COPD

Asthma

COPD

Asthma+COPD

Non-asthma, COPD

Asthma

COPD

Asthma+COPD

42,819

2302

1087

128

23,905

1429

820

92

Sex female (%)

18,310 (42.8)

1237 (53.8)

139 (12.8)

37 (28.9)

10,896 (45.6)

801 (56.1)

126 (15.4)

16 (17.4)

Age (±SD)

58.54 (20.51)

56.55 (19.71)

73.43 (11.55)

74.20 (10.86)

61.98 (21.83)

57.34 (21.62)

76.67 (11.45)

79.36 (10.09)

Foreigner (%)

1733 (4.2)

67 (3.0)

4 (0.4)

1 (0.8)

698 (3.2)

33 (2.5)

7 (1.0)

3 (3.5)

BMI (±SD)

24.10 (4.69)

25.01 (5.24)

22.93 (3.97)

23.27 (4.37)

23.52 (5.04)

25.14 (5.98)

21.35 (3.97)

21.95 (4.55)

BMI30 (%)

3466 (9.9)

312 (15.9)

42 (4.8)

9 (8.7)

2048 (9.9)

205 (16.4)

11 (1.6)

3 (4.1)

Smoking history (%)

 Current

6267 (14.8)

326 (14.2)

258 (23.8)

15 (11.7)

3277 (13.7)

193 (13.5)

168 (20.5)

16 (17.4)

 Former

8890 (21.0)

465 (20.2)

594 (54.8)

79 (61.7)

5014 (21.0)

312 (21.9)

457 (55.9)

55 (59.8)

 Never

19,571 (46.1)

1124 (48.9)

101 (9.3)

19 (14.8)

11,918 (50.0)

718 (50.3)

104 (12.7)

12 (13.0)

 Unknown

7685 (18.1)

382 (16.6)

131 (12.1)

15 (11.7)

3644 (15.3)

204 (14.3)

89 (10.9)

9 (9.8)

Comorbid diseases (%)

 HT

13,589 (31.7)

703 (30.5)

468 (43.1)

3 (2.3)

8596 (36.0)

480 (33.6)

403 (49.1)

47 (51.1)

 Severe DM

1025 (2.4)

34 (1.5)

33 (3.0)

4 (3.1)

3892 (16.3)

212 (14.8)

167 (20.4)

12 (13.0)

 CKD

741 (1.7)

36 (1.6)

24 (2.2)

4 (3.1)

724 (3.0)

30 (2.1)

21 (2.6)

5 (5.4)

 Solid tumor

1466 (3.4)

46 (2.0)

92 (8.5)

8 (6.2)

1081 (4.5)

33 (2.3)

43 (5.2)

7 (7.6)

 CCI (±SD)

3.09 (2.5)

2.71 (2.3)

5.98 (2.0)

5.81 (1.8)

3.84 (2.9)

3.04 (2.7)

5.83 (2.4)

5.89 (2.1)

Vaccine history (%)

 Yes (at least once)

    

10,738 (48.0)

679 (49.5)

497 (65.1)

61 (71.8)

 No

    

7363 (32.9)

486 (35.4)

128 (16.8)

10 (11.8)

 Unknown

    

4287 (19.1)

208 (15.1)

139 (18.2)

14 (16.5)

  1. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, BMI body mass index, HT hypertension, DM diabetes mellitus, CKD chronic kidney disease, CCI charlson comorbidity index