“…Relative to patients without CVEs, those with CVEs were more likely to suffer from hypertention (31.1% vs 24.3%, p = 0.021), coronary artery disease (42.3% vs 18.8%, p < 0.001), preexisting heart failure (7.8% vs 1.8%, p < 0.001), cerebrovascular disease (13.7% vs 8.2%, p = 0.006), and chronic kidney disease (7.2% vs 1.6%, p < 0.001). Mental confusion (35.2% vs 7.1%, p < 0.001), respiratory rates ≥ 30 breaths/min (25.6% vs 9.4%, p < 0.001), leukocyte counts > 10×10 9 /L (30.4% vs 24.5, p = 0.046), lymphocytes < 0.8×10 9 /L (83.3% vs 33.3%, p < 0.001), hemoglobin (HB) levels < 100 g/L (39.9% vs 17.5%, p < 0.001), blood urea nitrogen (BUN) > 7 mmol/L (65.9% vs 33.3%, p < 0.001), and PaO 2 /FiO 2 < 300 mmHg (54.9% vs 45.4, p = 0.005) at time of admission were more frequently observed in patients with CVEs than in patients without CVEs. Patients with CVEs were more likely to be treated with systemic corticosteroids (50.9% vs 15.8%, p < 0.001), ACEIs/ARBs (54.6% vs 35.4%, p < 0.001), statins (54.9% vs 37.0%, bp < 0.001), anticoagulants (19.1% vs 7.1%, p < 0.001), and β-receptor blockers (27.6% vs 16.5%, p < 0.001), and were less likely to have undergone early NAI therapy (15.4% vs 43.7%, p < 0.001) (Table 1 2).…”