Fungal Infections Are Not Associated with Increased Mortality in COVID-19 Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Table 1

Patient characteristics at baseline.

Variables	Fungal (n = 81)	Nonfungal (n = 93)	value
Age (±SD)	59 ± 11	57 ± 12	0.27
Male gender	56 (70%)	56 (60%)	0.18
BMI (±SD)	33 ± 8	31 ± 7	0.01
Smoking
Current smoker	6 (7%)	5 (5%)	0.58
Ex-smoker	27 (33%)	24 (26%)	0.28
Never smoker	48 (59%)	64 (70%)	0.19
Comorbidities
Hypertension	32 (40%)	43 (46%)	0.37
Diabetes	18 (22%)	22 (24%)	0.82
COPD	3 (4%)	3 (3%)	0.86
Asthma	11 (14%)	8 (9%)	0.29
ICULOS (IQR)	23 (1–116)	8 (1–60)	<0.001
HLOS (IQR)	30 (3–183)	15 (1–174)	<0.001
Steroid days (IQR)	10 (1–116)	4 (0–28)	0.02
Ventilation days (IQR)	18 (0–120)	2 (0–55)	<0.001
Died	41 (51%)	48 (52%)	0.90

Indicates variables with statistical significance (). ICULOS and HLOS are represented in days.