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. 2020 Jul 2;26(10):1400–1405. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.06.033

Table 3.

Risk factors associated with any in-hospital disease progression

Univariable regression
Multivariable regression
OR (95% CI) p value OR (95% CI) p value
Demographics and clinical characteristics
Age (years)
 ≤45 1 (ref)
 45–65 2.263 (1.149–3.608) 0.001 1.885 (1.094–3.249) 0.022
 ≥65 3.249 (2.053–5.144) <0.001 2.247 (1.242–4.064) 0.007
Male (versus female) 2.380 (1.627–3.483) <0.001 2.134 (1.385–3.287) 0.001
Hypertension 0.447 (0.296–0.673) <0.001 0.929 (0.557–1.550) 0.778
Diabetes 0.435 (0.249–0.758) 0.003 0.749 (0.392–1.432) 0.382
Chronic kidney disease 0.136 (0.031–0.594) 0.008 0.415 (0.078–2.206) 0.302
Cardiovascular disease 0.457 (0.243–0.859) 0.015 1.204 (0.554–2.619) 0.639
Neural system diseases 0.250 (0.101–0.618) 0.003 0.462 (0.160–1.336) 0.154
Pulmonary disease 0.337 (0.109–1.040) 0.058
Cancer 0.237 (0.051–1.096) 0.065
Laboratory findings
Leucocytes count (× 10⁹/L)
 <4 1.012 (0.452–2.691) 0.830
 4–10 0.796 (0.343–1.845) 0.595
 >10 1 (ref)
Neutrophil count (× 10⁹/L) 1.169 (1.071–1.276) <0.001 1.097 (0.996–1.208) 0.062
Lymphocyte count (× 10⁹/L) 0.443 (0.316–0.620) <0.001 0.789 (0.581–1.072) 0.129
NLR 1.251 (1.148–1.362) <0.001 1.132 (1.042–1.230) 0.004
Platelet count (× 10⁹/L) 0.997 (0.994–0.999) 0.002
Albumin (g/L) 0.931 (0.897–0.966) <0.001
APTT (seconds) 1.031 (1.008–1.055) 0.008
Prothrombin time (seconds) 1.095 (1.018–1.178) 0.015
INR 2.840 (1.241–6.50) 0.013
D-dimer (μg/L)
 <1.0 1 (ref)
 ≥1.0 1.298 (0.280–6.027) 0.739
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) 1.033 (1.018–1.048) <0.001
Creatinine (μmol/L)
 <133
 ≥133 9.330 (0.624–139.57) 0.106
Potassium (mmol/L) 1.240 (1.128–1.363) <0.001
Creatine kinase (U/L) 1.005 (1.003–1.008) <0.001
Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L) 1.008 (1.005–1.010) <0.001
Procalcitonin (ng/mL)
 <0.5 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 ≥0.5 14.291 (1.955–112.339) 0.009 4.003 (0.442–36.272) 0.217
C-reactive protein (mg/L)
 <6.0 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 ≥6.0 4.303 (2.900–6.383) <0.001 3.017 (1.941–4.690) <0.001
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/h) 1.013 (1.005–1.021) 0.002
Interleukin-6 (pg/mL) 1.035 (1.011–1.059) 0.004

Abbreviations: APTT, activated partial thromboplastin time; INR, international normalized ratio; NLR, neutrophil count/lymphocyte count ratio.