Table 1: Demographic and epidemiological features of patients hospitalized for pneumonia.
|
|
All Cases n 15029 |
Pandemic period April 2020 – March 2021 n 4411 |
Previous five years April 2015 - March 2020 n 10618 |
p Value# |
|
Sex (males) |
8652 (57.6%) |
2605 (59.1%) |
6047 (57.0%) |
0.017 |
|
Age (years) |
76 (64-84) |
73 (60-83) |
77 (67-85) |
< 0.001 |
|
Influenza related pneumonia |
162 (1.1%) |
1 (0.0002%) |
161 (1.5%) |
< 0.001 |
|
Other virus pneumonia* |
165 (1.1%) |
65 (1.5%) |
100 (0.9%) |
0.004 |
|
Coronaviruses§ |
3054 (20.3%) |
2992 (67.8%) |
62 (0.6%) |
< 0.001 |
|
Mechanical Ventilation |
2324 (15.5%) |
1468 (33.3%) |
856 (8.1%) |
< 0.001 |
|
Length of hospital stay(days) |
11.2 (7.1-18.4) |
11.7 (7.1-19.3) |
11.0 (7.11-8.0) |
0.003 |
|
Deceased |
2452 (16.3%) |
891 (20.2%) |
1561 (14.7%) |
< 0.001 |
*include respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, rhinovirus, parainfluenza virus, and metapneumovirus; §include Coronaviruses HKU1, NL63, 229E, OC43, and SARS-CoV-2; #Data were compared by Mann-Whitney U test (continuous variables) and Chi-square test for categorical variables. Continuous variables are expressed as median (interquartile range); categorical as total number (%).