<p>Subgroup analyses for the association of nicotine dependence and in-hospital mortality

Subgroup analyses for the association of nicotine dependence and in-hospital mortality among critically-ill COVID-19 patients. The dataset is a 9.5 KB XLS file authored by John Garza and last updated on April 22, 2026. It is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on the figshare platform.

Use Cases

• Conducting subgroup analyses on mortality risk based on nicotine dependence status.
• Investigating potential confounding or effect modification in the relationship between smoking and COVID-19 outcomes.
• Supporting meta-analyses or secondary research on behavioral risk factors in critical care.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, permitting reuse and redistribution.
• File size is 9.5 KB, indicating a compact and likely focused analysis.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-04-22 17:25:08.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Likely derived from clinical study data, but specific collection method is not detailed.

Time Range

Temporal coverage of the underlying patient data is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 17:25:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Spatial coverage of the underlying patient data is not specified.