Table 1

Demographics and comorbidities in the cohort of patients with COVID-19

Patients with COVID-19AllClinical consensusP value
No stormStorm
Numbers51344964 <0.001
 %1008812
Sex (%)
 Females434533 <0.001
 Males575566
Age (years)58.357.762.2 0.041
Race/ethnicity (%)
 AA535453n.s.
 EA111114n.s.
 Hispanic232219n.s.
 Other999n.s.
 Unknown445n.s.
Comorbidities (%)
 Lung disease2624360.077
 Hypertension696872n.s.
 Obesity525155n.s.
 Heart disease252525n.s.
 Smoking history424336n.s.
 Diabetes4850360.057

  • Patients with diagnosis of COVID-19 infection and chest high-resolution CT with ground-glass opacity were divided according to a consensus of clinicians for a diagnosis of cytokine storm. P values were calculated using χ2 test for frequencies and t-test for age.

  • Italics indicate significant p values.

  • AA, African–American; EA, European–American; n.s., not significant at α≥0.05.