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. 2023 Aug 3;12:e79548. doi: 10.7554/eLife.79548

Appendix 2—table 9. Unadjusted COVID-19-Related Outcomes Stratified by Age, Sex, & Age by Sex; Matched Primary Analysis Cohort, Region=South.

Region=South Matched
All SARS-CoV-2 Test COVID-19 Diagnosis COVID-19 Hospitalization
N % N % OR p-value N % OR p-value N % OR p-value
LL UL LL UL LL UL
All Patients 319,408 100.0% 8,418 2.6% 3,535 1.1% 849 0.3%
BP User 159,704 50.0% 1,553 1.0% 0.22 <0.001 624 0.4% 0.21 <0.001 167 0.1% 0.24 <0.001
BP Non-user 159,704 50.0% 6,865 4.3% 0.21 0.23 2,911 1.8% 0.19 0.23 682 0.4% 0.21 0.29
By Age
Age ≤20 943 100.0% 29 3.1% 4 0.4% 0 0.0%
BP User 474 50.3% 15 3.2% 1.06 0.87 0 0.0% NA NA 0 0.0% NA NA
BP Non-user 469 49.7% 14 3.0% 0.51 2.23 4 0.9% NA NA 0 0.0% NA NA
Age 21-40 2,364 100.0% 113 4.8% 25 1.1% 4 0.2%
BP User 1,177 49.8% 20 1.7% 0.20 <0.001 4 0.3% 0.19 <0.001 2 0.2% 1.01 1.00
BP Non-user 1,187 50.2% 93 7.8% 0.12 0.33 21 1.8% 0.06 0.55 2 0.2% 0.14 7.17
Age 41-50 6,839 100.0% 329 4.8% 73 1.1% 10 0.1%
BP User 3,421 50.0% 72 2.1% 0.26 <0.001 18 0.5% 0.32 <0.001 5 0.1% 1.00 0.99
BP Non-user 3,418 50.0% 257 7.5% 0.20 0.34 55 1.6% 0.19 0.55 5 0.1% 0.29 3.45
Age 51-60 50,186 100.0% 1,999 4.0% 584 1.2% 103 0.2%
BP User 25,093 50.0% 393 1.6% 0.23 <0.001 114 0.5% 0.24 <0.001 23 0.1% 0.29 <0.001
BP Non-user 25,093 50.0% 1,606 6.4% 0.21 0.26 470 1.9% 0.19 0.29 80 0.3% 0.18 0.46
Age 61-70 111,800 100.0% 3,246 2.9% 1,106 1.0% 247 0.2%
BP User 55,896 50.0% 583 1.0% 0.21 <0.001 191 0.3% 0.21 <0.001 38 0.1% 0.18 <0.001
BP Non-user 55,904 50.0% 2,663 4.8% 0.19 0.23 915 1.6% 0.18 0.24 209 0.4% 0.13 0.26
Age 71-80 99,223 100.0% 1,942 2.0% 1,029 1.0% 260 0.3%
BP User 49,618 50.0% 322 0.6% 0.19 <0.001 170 0.3% 0.20 <0.001 55 0.1% 0.27 <0.001
BP Non-user 49,605 50.0% 1,620 3.3% 0.17 0.22 859 1.7% 0.17 0.23 205 0.4% 0.20 0.36
Age ≥81 48,053 100.0% 760 1.6% 714 1.5% 225 0.5%
BP User 24,025 50.0% 148 0.6% 0.24 <0.001 127 0.5% 0.21 <0.001 44 0.2% 0.24 <0.001
BP Non-user 24,028 50.0% 612 2.5% 0.20 0.28 587 2.4% 0.18 0.26 181 0.8% 0.17 0.34
Female Patients 289,263 100.0% 7,519 2.6% 3,159 1.1% 745 0.3%
BP User 144,633 50.0% 1,365 0.9% 0.21 <0.001 562 0.4% 0.21 <0.001 143 0.1% 0.24 <0.001
BP Non-user 144,630 50.0% 6,154 4.3% 0.20 0.23 2,597 1.8% 0.19 0.23 602 0.4% 0.20 0.28
By Age
Age ≤20 372 100.0% 11 3.0% 3 0.8% 0 0.0%
BP User 185 49.7% 6 3.2% 1.22 0.75 0 0.0% NA NA 0 0.0% NA NA
BP Non-user 187 50.3% 5 2.7% 0.37 4.07 3 1.6% NA NA 0 0.0% NA NA
Age 21-40 1,543 100.0% 81 5.2% 16 1.0% 3 0.2%
BP User 770 49.9% 14 1.8% 0.20 <0.001 4 0.5% 0.33 0.08 2 0.3% 2.01 0.62
BP Non-user 773 50.1% 67 8.7% 0.11 0.35 12 1.6% 0.11 1.03 1 0.1% 0.18 22.22
Age 41-50 5,569 100.0% 273 4.9% 66 1.2% 9 0.2%
BP User 2,787 50.0% 65 2.3% 0.30 <0.001 18 0.6% 0.37 <0.001 5 0.2% 1.25 1.00
BP Non-user 2,782 50.0% 208 7.5% 0.22 0.39 48 1.7% 0.21 0.64 4 0.1% 0.33 4.65
Age 51-60 46,012 100.0% 1,819 4.0% 521 1.1% 89 0.2%
BP User 23,007 50.0% 358 1.6% 0.23 <0.001 100 0.4% 0.23 <0.001 16 0.1% 0.22 <0.001
BP Non-user 23,005 50.0% 1,461 6.4% 0.21 0.26 421 1.8% 0.19 0.29 73 0.3% 0.13 0.38
Age 61-70 103,825 100.0% 2,948 2.8% 1,007 1.0% 218 0.2%
BP User 51,910 50.0% 517 1.0% 0.20 <0.001 177 0.3% 0.21 <0.001 33 0.1% 0.18 <0.001
BP Non-user 51,915 50.0% 2,431 4.7% 0.19 0.23 830 1.6% 0.18 0.25 185 0.4% 0.12 0.26
Age 71-80 89,474 100.0% 1,729 1.9% 915 1.0% 230 0.3%
BP User 44,742 50.0% 283 0.6% 0.19 <0.001 153 0.3% 0.20 <0.001 47 0.1% 0.26 <0.001
BP Non-user 44,732 50.0% 1,446 3.2% 0.17 0.22 762 1.7% 0.17 0.24 183 0.4% 0.19 0.35
Age ≥81 42,468 100.0% 658 1.5% 631 1.5% 196 0.5%
BP User 21,232 50.0% 122 0.6% 0.22 <0.001 110 0.5% 0.21 <0.001 40 0.2% 0.26 <0.001
BP Non-user 21,236 50.0% 536 2.5% 0.18 0.27 521 2.5% 0.17 0.25 156 0.7% 0.18 0.36
Male Patients 30,145 100.0% 899 3.0% 376 1.2% 104 0.3%
BP User 15,071 50.0% 188 1.2% 0.26 <0.001 62 0.4% 0.19 <0.001 24 0.2% 0.30 <0.001
BP Non-user 15,074 50.0% 711 4.7% 0.22 0.30 314 2.1% 0.15 0.26 80 0.5% 0.19 0.47
By Age
Age ≤20 571 100.0% 18 3.2% 1 0.2% 0 0.0%
BP User 289 50.6% 9 3.1% 0.98 0.96 0 0.0% NA NA 0 0.0% NA NA
BP Non-user 282 49.4% 9 3.2% 0.38 2.49 1 0.4% NA NA 0 0.0% NA NA
Age 21-40 821 100.0% 32 3.9% 9 1.1% 1 0.1%
BP User 407 49.6% 6 1.5% 0.22 <0.001 0 0.0% NA NA 0 0.0% NA NA
BP Non-user 414 50.4% 26 6.3% 0.09 0.55 9 2.2% NA NA 1 0.2% NA NA
Age 41-50 1,270 100.0% 56 4.4% 7 0.6% 1 0.1%
BP User 634 49.9% 7 1.1% 0.13 <0.001 0 0.0% NA NA 0 0.0% NA NA
BP Non-user 636 50.1% 49 7.7% 0.06 0.30 7 1.1% NA NA 1 0.2% NA NA
Age 51-60 4,174 100.0% 180 4.3% 63 1.5% 14 0.3%
BP User 2,086 50.0% 35 1.7% 0.23 <0.001 14 0.7% 0.28 <0.001 7 0.3% 1.00 0.99
BP Non-user 2,088 50.0% 145 6.9% 0.16 0.33 49 2.3% 0.15 0.51 7 0.3% 0.35 2.86
Age 61-70 7,975 100.0% 298 3.7% 99 1.2% 29 0.4%
BP User 3,986 50.0% 66 1.7% 0.27 <0.001 14 0.4% 0.16 <0.001 5 0.1% 0.21 <0.001
BP Non-user 3,989 50.0% 232 5.8% 0.21 0.36 85 2.1% 0.09 0.29 24 0.6% 0.08 0.54
Age 71-80 9,749 100.0% 213 2.2% 114 1.2% 30 0.3%
BP User 4,876 50.0% 39 0.8% 0.22 <0.001 17 0.3% 0.17 <0.001 8 0.2% 0.36 0.01
BP Non-user 4,873 50.0% 174 3.6% 0.15 0.31 97 2.0% 0.10 0.29 22 0.5% 0.16 0.81
Age ≥81 5,585 100.0% 102 1.8% 83 1.5% 29 0.5%
BP User 2,793 50.0% 26 0.9% 0.34 <0.001 17 0.6% 0.25 <0.001 4 0.1% 0.16 <0.001
BP Non-user 2,792 50.0% 76 2.7% 0.21 0.53 66 2.4% 0.15 0.43 25 0.9% 0.06 0.46

BP: bisphosphonate; LL: lower 95% confidence interval level; NA: not applicable; OR: odds ratio; UL: upper 95% confidence interval level.