Mortality at 30 and 90 days in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnosis
| Subjects | 30 days | 90 days | |||||
| Non-COPD | COPD | p-value | Non-COPD | COPD | p-value | ||
| Subjects | 529 | 215 | 529 | 215 | |||
| ICU admission | 148 | 23/95 (24) | 12/53 (23) | 0.8 | 25/95 (26) | 17/53 (32) | 0.5 |
| Mechanical ventilation | 83 | 4/55 (7) | 2/28 (7) | 1.0 | 6/55 (11) | 5/28 (18) | 0.4 |
| Bacteraemic pneumonia | 63 | 9/53 (17) | 2/10 (20) | 0.8 | 10/53 (19) | 3/10 (30) | 0.4 |
| Any corticosteroids | 160 | 5/77 (6) | 7/83 (6) | 0.6 | 8/77 (10) | 16/83 (19) | 0.3 |
| Inhaled corticosteroids | 102 | 2/32 (6) | 6/70 (9) | 0.7 | 4/32 (12) | 13/70 (19) | 0.4 |
| Systemic corticosteroids | 74 | 3/48 (6) | 2/26 (8) | 0.8 | 5/48 (10) | 4/26 (15) | 0.5 |
Data are presented as n or n (%). ICU: intensive care unit.