Table 4. Multiple logistic regression analysis of the association between ethnicity and ICU admission in SARS-CoV-2 positive patients in two London hospitals, adjusted for sex, age and comorbidities (March 1 –April 30, 2020).
| ICU Admission n = 86 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | ||||
| OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | ||
| Ethnicity | White | ** | – | – | – |
| Black | 2.07 (1.00–4.29) | 0.050 | 1.45 (0.64–3.29) | 0.37 | |
| Asian | 1.53 (0.84–2.79) | 0.166 | 1.48 (0.76–2.89) | 0.26 | |
| Minority Ethnicities | 2.25 (1.23–4.12) | 0.008 | 1.47 (0.75–2.89) | 0.26 | |
| Mixed Ethnicities | 2.66 (0.53–13.39) | 0.234 | 2.671 (0.44–16.06) | 0.28 | |
| Age | <17 | – | – | 0.000 | 0.99 |
| 18–39 | – | – | 1.35 (0.468–3.861) | 0.58 | |
| 40–49 | – | – | *** | – | |
| 50–59 | – | – | 2.53 (1.049–6.085) | 0.04 | |
| 60–69 | – | – | 2.46 (0.998–6.041) | 0.05 | |
| 70–79 | – | – | 0.60 (0.201–1.807) | 0.37 | |
| >80 | – | – | 0.13 (0.025–0.693) | 0.02 | |
| Sex* | – | – | 1.61 (0.93–2.81) | 0.91 | |
| Comorbidities | Hypertension | – | – | 1.26 (0.689–2.294) | 0.46 |
| Cardiac disease | – | – | 0.66 (0.274–1.587) | 0.35 | |
| Chronic lung disease | – | – | 1.33 (0.692–2.546) | 0.39 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | – | – | 0.58 (0.306–1.093) | 0.09 | |
| Chronic liver disease | – | – | 0.89 (0.095–8.381) | 0.92 | |
| Chronic kidney disease | – | – | 0.11 (0.014–0.833) | 0.03 | |
| Obesity | – | – | 2.77 (1.183–6.491) | 0.02 | |
| Chronic Neurological disease | – | – | 0.34 (0.098–1.211) | 0.0097 | |
| Dementia | – | – | 0.000 | 0.99 | |
| Malignancy | – | – | 0.39 (0.083–1.798) | 0.23 | |
* Odds ratios are given with females as the reference group.
** Odds ratios are given with the white population as the reference group.
*** Odds ratios are given with the 40–49 years group as the reference group.