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Table 1 General characteristics of COVID-19 patients stratified by the presence of comorbid MS

From: Multiple sclerosis is not associated with an increased risk for severe COVID-19: a nationwide retrospective cross-sectional study from Germany

 

Comorbid MS (n = 551)

No comorbid MS (n = 156,973)

P-Value

Female (n, %)

346, 62.8

75,593, 48.2

< 0.001

Male (n, %)

205, 37.2

81,380, 51.8

< 0.001

Age (mean ± SD)

60.3 ± 4.5

66.9 ± 7.3

< 0.001

Age ≥ 60 years (n, %)

289, 52.5

106,986, 68.2

< 0.001

Admission to ICU (n, %)

94, 17.1

35,564, 22.7

< 0.001

Ventilation (n, %)

54, 9.8

22,692, 14.5

< 0.001

In-hospital mortality (n, %)

61, 11.1

30,246, 19.3

< 0.001