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. 2020 May 8;98(1):20–26. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.04.030

Table 3.

Univariate analyses of the association between clinical characteristics and the risk of ARDS or death in hemodialysis patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection

Variable Outcome: ARDS
Outcome: death
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Sex 0.68 (0.29–1.61) 0.39 1.05 (0.41–2.78) 0.93
History of hypertension 0.37 (0.05–1.83) 0.25 0.27 (0.05–1.31) 0.1
History of cardiac failure 6.22 (1.85–28.6) 0.007 1.04 (0.3–3.2) 0.94
History of diabetes 1.7 (0.75–3.9) 0.21 1.7 (0.69–4.2) 0.25
History of peripheral vascular disease 1.27 (0.49–3.36) 0.63 0.91 (0.29–2.56) 0.86
History of ischemic cardiac disease 5.61 (1.65–25.9) 0.01 3.11 (1.02–9.6) 0.05
History of COPD 1 (0.26–3.84) 1 1.07 (0.22–4.2) 0.92
History of cancer 1.88 (0.53–7.64) 0.34 1.5 (0.36–5.4) 0.55
Type dialysis (HDF vs. HD) 0.43 (0.16–1.14) 0.097 1.12 (0.38–3.05) 0.83
Age (>70 yr vs. ≤70 yr) 2.18 (0.96–5) 0.065 1.85 (0.75–4.78) 0.18
Fever at disease diagnosis 18.2 (5.6–82.4) 0.000013 18.7 (3.62–123) 0.005
Cough at disease diagnosis 1.61 (0.62–4.37) 0.33 3.5 (1.28–9.7) 0.01
Shortness of breath at disease diagnosis 18.17 (4.8–119.5) 0.0002 5.3 (2–15) 0.001
Myalgia or fatigue at disease diagnosis 5.6 (1.65–25.9) 0.01 2.26 (0.72–6.9) 0.15
Infiltrates at chest X-ray at disease diagnosis 4.4 (1.67–13) 0.004 2.9 (0.95–11) 0.08
WBC (≤5 ×103/ul vs. >5 ×103/ul) 1.2 (0.52–1.8) 0.66 1.82 (0.73–4.6) 0.2
Lymphocytes (≤0.75 ×103/ul vs. >0.75 ×103/ul) 1.76 (0.75–4.2) 0.19 1.5 (0.59–3.9) 0.4
Platelets (≤150 ×103/ul vs. >150 ×103/ul) 1.43 (0.62–3.37) 0.41 1.9 (0.75–4.8) 0.17
LDH (>250 U/l vs. ≤250 U/l) 0.99 (0.32–3.11) 0.99 0.71 (0.18–2.7) 0.62
AST (>25 U/l vs. ≤25 U/l) 2.81 (1.08–7.6) 0.04 1.85 (0.66–5.3) 0.24
ALT (>20 U/l vs. ≤20 U/l) 1.73 (0.67–4.69) 0.25 2.5 (0.88–7) 0.085
CRP (>50 mg/l vs. ≤50 mg/l) 4.68 (1.83–12.7) 0.002 6 (2.1–19) 0.001
Antiviral therapy 1.29 (0.48–3.55) 0.62 0.39 (0.14–1.11) 0.08
Time from symptoms to antiviral commencement (≤5 vs. >5) 2.09 (0.65–7.51) 0.23 0.55 (0.11–2.1) 0.41
Hydroxychloroquine 1.16 (0.44–3.12) 0.76 0.44 (0.16–1.24) 0.12

Bold data refer to statistically significant P values.

ALT, alanine aminotransferase; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; CI, confidence interval; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder; CRP, C-reactive protein; HD, hemodialysis; HDF, hemodiafiltration; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; OR, odds ratio; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; WBC, white blood cell.