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Table 4 Effect of comorbidities on patients’ outcome

From: Safety and efficacy of tocilizumab in critically ill patients with COVID-19: an observational study

 

Outcome

X2*

P value

Died

Discharged

N

%

N

%

Diabetic

No

4

17.4%

19

82.6%

1.02

0.31 NS

Yes

8

29.6%

19

70.4%

Hypertensive

No

3

14.3%

18

85.7%

1.87

0.17 NS

Yes

9

31.0%

20

69.0%

Liver cirrhosis or HCV

No

10

22.7%

34

77.3%

0.33 FE

0.62 NS

Yes

2

33.3%

4

66.7%

Chronic kidney disease

No

9

21.4%

33

78.6%

0.95

0.33 NS

Yes

3

37.5%

5

62.5%

Ischemic heart disease

No

7

17.9%

32

82.1%

3.56

0.06 NS

Yes

5

45.5%

6

54.5%

Chronic pulmonary disease

No

8

20.0%

32

80.0%

1.75

0.19 NS

Yes

4

40.0%

6

60.0%

Smoking

No

4

16.0%

21

84.0%

1.754

0.185NS

Yes

8

32.0%

17

68.0%

  1. *Chi-square test (FE Fisher’s exact test)