Predictors of the chest CT score in COVID-19 patients: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Details of demographic and clinical data of patients with or without consolidation

Variables	All patients N = 478	With consolidation N = 99	Without consolidation N = 379	P value
Demographic data
Age	53.92 (15.4)	51.96 (15.6)	54.62 (15.6)	0.14
Gender
Male	267 (55.8%)	55 (11.5%)	212 (44.3%)	0.94^a
Female	211 (44.2%)	44 (20.8%)	167 (23.4%)
Clinical data
Temperature (°C)	37.49 (0.7)	37.56 (0.7)	37.47 (0.7)	0.29
Respiratory rate (breath /per minute)	21.65 (5.1)	22.18 (6)	21.41 (4.9)	0.19
SpO2	91.07 (5.4)	89.39 (6.4)	91.47 (5.3)	0.001*
WBC (cell/mm³)	7.74 (5.1)	7.88 (5.6)	7.29 (4.2)	0.32
Lymphocyte count(cell/mm³)	1372.8 (1341.3)	1375.5 (1876.5)	1279 (870)	0.56
LDH (U/L)	640.8 (302.4)	624.6 (266.4)	630.1 (302.4)	0.90
CRP (mg/L)	96.90 (76.2)	105.97 (69.6)	90.82 (77)	0.13
ESR (mm/h)	74.06 (32.2)	77.34 (33.3)	71.23 (31.2)	0.16
Underlying disease
DM	132 (27.6%)	26 (5.4%)	106 (22.2%)	0.73^a
HTN	136 (28.4%)	23 (4.8%)	113 (23.6%)	0.18^a
Recovery time (days)	15.48 (8.3)	17.46 (9)	14.95 (8.1)	0.008*
Hospitalization duration (days)	6.89 (7.2)	8.97 (9.4)	6.25 (6.2)	0.003*
ICU admission	42 (8.7%)	20 (20.2%)	22 (5.5%)	0.005*^a
Death	16 (3.3%)	4 (0.8%)	12 (2.5%)	0.70^a

HTN, hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus; SpO2, oxygen saturation; WBC, white blood cell; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; ICU, intensive care unit
*Statistically significant (p value < 0.05), reported as mean (standard deviation), all other variables reported as N (%)
^aChi-squared test is used; independent t-test or Mann–Whitney U test used for all other comparisons

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