In-hospital outcomes in COVID-19 patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by severity of obesity: Insights from national inpatient sample 2020

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 hospitalizations in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients with different levels of obesity: Insights from national inpatient sample 2020

Variables		Overweight, %	Class I, %	Class II, %	Class III, %	P value
Age (yr) at admission	Mean	58	53	52	48	< 0.001
Sex	Male	58.5	59.7	52	43.3	< 0.001
	Female	41.5	40.3	48	56.7	< 0.001
Race	White	42.1	41.6	45	49.5	< 0.001
	Black	7.9	11.8	14.9	15.8	< 0.001
	Hispanic	43.8	41.4	36.3	30.9	< 0.001
	Asian/PI	5.1	4.5	1.8	2.2	< 0.001
	Nat. American	< 0.1	0.8	2	1.6	< 0.001
Payer	Medicare	34.1	26.4	26.6	19.9	< 0.001
	Medicaid	26.7	21.8	15.1	20.7	< 0.001
	Private	33	44.8	49.1	50.9	< 0.001
	Self-pay	5.1	6.7	8.7	8.1	< 0.001
Admission type	Non-elective	99	98.8	98.4	97.7	< 0.001
Comorbidities	Hypertension	61.1	56.4	58.4	59.1	0.024
	Diabetes	46.6	46.7	48.8	50.6	< 0.001
	Hyperlipidemia	45.1	42.5	41.6	32.3	< 0.001
	PVD	3.1	3.6	5.3	2.2	< 0.001
	Tobacco use disorder	19.2	21.6	20.3	17.6	< 0.001
	Prior MI	3.1	2	1.6	1.6	0.007
	Prior TIA/Stroke	3.1	2.8	3	1.7	< 0.001
	Prior VTE	2.6	4	3.6	4.2	0.090
	Cancer	5.2	2.5	1.7	2.5	< 0.001
	CKD	11.4	9.1	9.9	8.7	0.029
	Drug abuse	2.1	1.2	1.7	1.8	0.161
	Cannabis use disorder	< 0.1	0.8	0.6	0.9	0.029
	Depression	7.3	10.1	11.4	13.1	< 0.001
	Chronic pulmonary disease	15.5	18.3	21.4	26.1	< 0.001
	Hypothyroidism	10.9	9.1	10.5	13.9	< 0.001
	Bariatric surgery	< 0.1	0.9	1.9	1.5	< 0.001
Discharge	Routine	66.7	77.4	78.9	77.3	< 0.001
	Transfer to short term	< 0.1	3	2	2	< 0.001
	Hospital
	Other: SNF, ICF, etc.	16.7	6.9	7.5	9%	< 0.001
	Home health care	15.5	12.7	11.6	11.7	< 0.001
Length of stay (d)	Median	10	8	8	8	< 0.001

Overweight BMI 25-29.9; Class I Obesity BMI 30-34.9; Class II Obesity BMI 35-39.9; Class III Obesity BMI 40 or higher. PI: Pacific Islander, MI: Myocardial Infarction; PVD: Peripheral vascular disease; VTE: Venous thromboembolism; SNF: Skilled nursing facility; ICF: Intermediate care facility; MACCE: Major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events.