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Table 1 Characteristics of the study cohorts used in APOE genotyping

From: APOE ε4 associates with increased risk of severe COVID-19, cerebral microhaemorrhages and post-COVID mental fatigue: a Finnish biobank, autopsy and clinical study

 

RECOVID

AUTOPSY

Group NOCOV

Group ICU

Group WARD

Group HOME

All COVID-19 + 

(ICU & WARD & HOME)

Group AUTOPSY

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

N = 53

N = 58

N = 33

N = 37

N = 128

N = 21

Female Sex

49% (26)

47% (27)

67% (22)

73% (27)

59% (76)

33% (7)

Age, median (IQR)

56 (50–64)

63.5 (55.25–69.75)

59 (53–65)

46 (37–55)

58 (47–66)

71 (59–71)

Age categories

21–40 years

9% (5)

3% (2)

6% (2)

35% (13)

13% (17)

10% (2)

41–60 years

58% (31)

31% (18)

52% (17)

49% (18)

41% (53)

19% (4)

 > 60 years

32% (17)

66% (38)

42% (14)

16% (6)

45% (58)

71% (15)

BMI, median (IQR)

26.9 (23.3–28.9)a

29.8 (27.3–32.1)

29.0 (24.8–33.1)b

26.1 (23.4–28.5)c

28.6 (25.0–31.6)

 

Any comorbidity

32% (17)

81% (47)

79% (26)

49% (18)

71% (91)

 

Asthma

0% (0)

16% (9)

30% (10)

5% (2)

16% (21)

 

Hypertension

13% (7)

50% (29)

33% (11)

14% (5)

35% (45)

81% (17)

Diabetes

2% (1)

28% (16)

6% (2)

3% (1)

15% (19)

19% (4)

Chronic Heart Disease

2% (1)

19% (11)

3% (1)

11% (4)

13% (16)

 

Hypercholesterolemia

11% (6)

33% (19)

12% (4)

3% (1)

19% (24)

 

Current or prior smokerd

 

48% (28)

30% (10)

   

APOE ε4 carrier

39.6% (21)

34.5% (20)

42.4% (14)

37.8% (14)

37.5% (48)

29% (6)

APOE ε4ε4 genotype

5.7% (3)

3.4% (2)

9.1% (3)

8.1% (3)

6.3% (8)

4.8% (1)

  1. aMissing data for six patients;
  2. bMissing data for one patient;
  3. cMissing data for 14 patients;
  4. dData only available from hospitalised patients