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

Table 3.

Association of different variables with need for IMV within 10 days of hospital admission with COVID‐19

Univariate Multivariate a Multivariate b
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Age 1.01 (0.98‐1.04) 0.454 1.02 (0.99‐1.06) 0.129 1.02 (0.98‐1.06) 0.271
Non‐Hispanic white ref ref ref
Non‐Hispanic black 1.92 (0.65‐5.71) 0.241 2.02 (0.63‐6.47) 0.234 1.83 (0.55‐6.11) 0.327
Hispanic 1.28 (0.46‐3.55) 0.636 1.58 (0.53‐4.74) 0.407 1.17 (0.36‐3.82) 0.796
Female ref ref ref
Male 1.05 (0.44‐2.55) 0.906 1.18 (0.43‐3.19) 0.744 1.13 (0.32‐3.40) 0.825
BMI < 25 ref ref ref
BMI 25‐29.9 2.52 (0.48‐13.30) 0.277 2.64 (0.48‐14.4) 0.262 3.70 (0.60‐22.87) 0.159
BMI 30‐34.9 4.86 (0.88‐26.68) 0.069 5.28 (0.91‐30.48) 0.063 6.85 (1.05‐44.82) 0.045
BMI ≥ 35 5.84 (1.12‐30.55) 0.036 8.19 (1.36‐49.13) 0.021 9.99 (1.39‐71.69) 0.022
Diabetes 2.38 (0.99‐5.72) 0.054 N/A N/A 2.13 (0.73‐6.22) 0.168
Hypertension 1.35 (0.54‐3.38) 0.518 N/A N/A 0.47 (0.13‐1.66) 0.242
Heart disease 3.31 (1.28‐8.57) 0.014 N/A N/A 3.41 (1.05‐11.06) 0.041
Lung disease 1.49 (0.52‐4.22) 0.45 N/A N/A 0.76 (0.20‐2.86) 0.687

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; IMV, invasive mechanical ventilation; N/A, not applicable; OR, odds ratio; ref, reference value.