Table 2.

Odds Ratio for Confirmed Cases of MERS-CoV Infection.

Variable	OR (95% CI)	P-value	AOR (95% CI)	P-value
Age	–	–	1.06 (1.02–1.098)	0.004
Gender
Male	2.47 (1.71–3.56)	<0.001	1.617 (1.365–1.77)	<0.001
Comorbidities
Diabetes	3.28 (1.841–5.867)	<0.001	1.68 (1.346–1.848)	0.002
Hypertension	1.64 (0.88–2.34)	0.2	1.2 (0.87–1.64)	0.2
Chronic Kidney Disease	2.43 (1.22–4.67)	0.004	1.6 (0.64–3.22)	0.5
Asthma/COPD	1.87 (0.98–3.66)	0.09	1.47 (0.82–3.56)	0.2
Medications
Metformin	0.814 (0.811–1.65)	0.07	1.131 (0.95–1.37)	0.012
Sulfonylureas	1.25 (0.815–1.35)	0.1	1.126 (0.803–1.58)	0.89
DDP4 inhibitors	–	–	–	–
ACEI/ARB	0.64 (0.43–3.95)	0.028	1.19 (0.675–1.52)	0.224
Diuretics	0.968 (0.79–1.4)	0.93	1.987 (0.76–4.87)	0.27
BB	0.945 (0.655–1.34)	0.3	1.112 (0.62–2.244)	0.02

OR: odds ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.

ACEI/ARB = angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor and/or receptor blocker, BB = beta blocker.