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. 2020 Jun 12;28(7):1200–1204. doi: 10.1002/oby.22859

Table 2.

Association of different variables with ICU admission within 10 days of hospital admission with COVID‐19

Univariate Multivariate a Multivariate b
OR (95% CI) P value aOR (95% CI) P value aOR (95% CI) P value
Age 1.02 (1.00‐1.05) 0.067 1.03 (1.00‐1.07) 0.016 1.03 (1.00‐1.07) 0.059
Non‐Hispanic white ref ref ref
Non‐Hispanic black 0.93 (0.34‐2.54) 0.889 0.86(0.29‐2.56) 0.797 0.80 (0.26‐2.45) 0.701
Hispanic 0.57 (0.23‐1.45) 0.239 0.65 (0.24‐1.76) 0.402 0.56 (0.19‐1.58) 0.271
Female ref ref ref
Male 1.42 (0.63‐3.19) 0.394 2.24 (0.86‐5.78) 0.095 2.40 (0.87‐6.64) 0.09
BMI < 25 ref ref ref
BMI 25‐29.9 1.87 (0.55‐6.35) 0.318 2.14 (0.58‐7.88) 0.250 2.27 (0.59‐8.83) 0.235
BMI 30‐34.9 2.80 (0.75‐10.48) 0.126 2.56 (0.64‐10.1) 0.100 2.65 (0.64‐10.95) 0.178
BMI ≥ 35 3.02 (0.85‐10.74) 0.088 6.16 (1.42‐26.66) 0.015 5.39 (1.13‐25.64) 0.034
Diabetes 2.26 (1.00‐5.11) 0.051 N/A N/A 1.91 (0.71‐5.19) 0.202
Hypertension 1.64 (0.71‐3.75) 0.246 N/A N/A 0.79 (0.27‐2.28) 0.663
Heart disease 2.04 (0.82‐5.07) 0.126 N/A N/A 1.52 (0.51‐4.51) 0.448
Lung disease 1.85 (0.69‐4.96) 0.22 N/A N/A 1.50 (0.47‐4.82) 0.495

Bold values: P < 0.05.

a

Adjusted for age, race, and gender.

b

Fully adjusted.

Heart disease: heart failure, coronary artery disease and cardiomyopathy; lung disease: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, interstitial lung disease, and pulmonary hypertension.

aOR, adjusted OR; COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019; ICU, intensive care until; N/A, not applicable; OR, odds ratio; ref, reference value.