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Table 1 General characteristics of the population

From: HDL-c levels predict the presence of pleural effusion and the clinical outcome of community-acquired pneumonia

N

107

Age (years)

72.69 (16.48)

Gender (men) (%)

63.2

Diabetes mellitus (%)

29

Dyslipidemia (%)

24.3

HTA (%)

40.2

Smoking (%)

19.6

Alcoholism (%)

17.8

Chronic heart failure (%)

17.8

OCPD (%)

45.8

Renal chronic disease (%)

10.3

Clinical presentation (%)

 Cough

73.8

 Fever

72.9

 Dyspnea

65.4

 Pleuritic pain

21.5

 Atypical

7.5

Radiologic extension (%)

 None

1.9

 Unilobar

77.4

 Bilobar

8.5

 Bilateral

12.3

Pleural effusion (%)

15.9

Empyema (%)

3.7

SIRS (%)

58.9

Shock (%)

3.7

ICU (%)

6.5

Treatments (%)

 Statins

18.9

 Corticoids

68.9

 AAS

18.1

Global mortality (%)

2.8

Mortality 30-days (%)

0.9

Mortality 90 days (%)

1.9

PSI

 I

6.5

 II

14

 III

19.6

 IV

39.3

 V

18.7

CURB-65

 0

12.1

 1

30.8

 2

42.1

 3

10.3

 4

2.8