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. 2020 Apr 22;95:332–339. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.041

Table 3.

Logistic regression analysis of variables associated with the severity of COVID-19.

Variables Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
OR 95%CI P value OR 95%CI P value
Age(years) 1.037 0.997-1.079 0.068
BMI (kg/m2) 1.186 1.029-1.367 0.019
Hypertension 5.201 1.745-15.508 0.003 4.380 1.012-18.993 0.048
WBC count (×109) 1.009 0.845-1.206 0.917
Neutrophil% (%) 1.062 1.012-1.116 0.015
Lymphocyte% (%) 0.932 0.877-0.989 0.021
Neutrophil count (×109/L) 1.054 0.906-1.226 0.497
Lymphocyte count (×109/L) 0.160 0.041-0.632 0.009
Platelet count (×109/L) 0.990 0.980-1.000 0.041
NLR 1.090 1.003-1.185 0.043
PLR 1.004 1.000-1.008 0.06
D-dimer (ng/ml)* 0.899 0.998-1.002 0.899
Fibrinogen (mg/dl) 1.004 1.001-1.008 0.007
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/h)a 1.015 0.996-1.034 0.118
Sialic acid (U/L) 1.049 1.011-1.088 0.011
C-reactive protein (mg/L) 1.033 1.015-1.052 <0.001 1.030 1.005-1.055 0.017
Interleukin-2 (pg/ml) 0.790 0.389-1.604 0.515
interleukin-4 (pg/ml) 1.020 0.529-1.967 0.952
Interleukin-6 (pg/ml) 1.086 1.041-1.133 <0.001 1.090 1.040-1.147 <0.001
Interleukin-10(pg/ml) 1.117 1.017-1.228 0.021
Interferon-γ (pg/ml) 0.994 0.947-1.043 0.803
Tumor Necrosis Factor-α (pg/ml) 0.917 0.386-2.182 0.845

COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; WBC: white blood cell; NLR: neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR: platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; OR: odd ratio; CI: confidence interval.

*

The number of COVID-19 patients who tested D-dimer was 95 and 10 in the non-severe group and severe group, respectively.

a

The number of COVID-19 patients who tested erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 97 and 12 in the non-severe group and severe group, respectively.