TABLE 4.
Impact of frailty on hospital mortality for patients admitted to ICU with COVID-19 pneumonia, logistic regression model
| Model | Variable(s) a | Odds Ratio | 95% CI |
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| Unadjusted | Frailty (Yes vs No) | 3.72 | 1.25 to 11.01 |
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| Adjusted | Frailty (Yes vs No) | 2.80 | 0.87 to 8.96 |
| APACHE IV Score (continuous) | 1.03 | 1.01 to 1.05 | |
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| Unadjusted | Frailty (continuous) | 1.62 | 1.18 to 2.22 |
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| Adjusted | Frailty (continuous) | 1.48 | 1.04 to 2.09 |
| APACHE IV Score (continuous) | 1.03 | 1.01 to 1.05 | |
a
Frailty was defined as Clinical Frailty Scale score ≥5; the CFS ordinal scale 1–9 was also assessed as a continuous variable; the number of covariates in model was limited by COVID-19 hospital mortality events (n=20).