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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with Influenza subtype H1N1 compared to other than H1N1 during the outbreak of 2017

From: Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with H1N1 influenza pneumonia admitted at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

Characteristic

H1N1 (N = 57)

Other than H1N1 (N = 31)

p-value

Mean Age ± SD

53.5 ± 17.3

61.3 ± 12.6

0.035

Mean CURB score ± SD

1.9 ± 0.98

1.5 ± 0.99

0.091

Median Duration Of Illness (Range)

5 (2–10)

4 (2–7)

0.636

Gender

0.467

 Male

23

15

 

 Female

34

16

 

 Pregnant

6

0

0.001

Smoking status

1.000

 Current Smoker

7

4

 

 Ex-Smoker

11

6

 

 Non Smoker

36

20

 

 Don’t know

3

1

 

Co-morbids

 

 Diabetes

24

12

0.757

 Hypertension

25

18

0.203

 COPD

8

4

 

 Cardiac Problems

13

3

 

 Obesity

5

1

 

 CVA

2

0

 

 Malignancy

2

1

 

 Immunosuppression

7

2

 
  1. Abbreviations: COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease; CVA Cerebrovascular Accident