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. 2020 Dec 22;24:700. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03416-1

Table 5.

Predictors of Adverse Event in Patients With COVID-19 by Cox Proportional Hazard Model

Variables Univariate Cox regression Model 1
Age + Lymphocytes% + Comorbidity
Model 2
Age + Lymphocytes% + Comorbidity + LUS score
Model 3
Age + Lymphocytes% + Comorbidity + LUS score > 12
HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value
Age, years 1.081 (1.057, 1.106)  < 0.001 1.040 (1.011, 1.070) 0.007 1.032 (1.001, 1.063) 0.041 1.028 (0.999, 1.059) 0.06
Male (yes vs. no) 1.074 (0.558, 2.068) 0.83
BMI, Kg/m [2] 0.828 (0.622, 1.103) 0.197
Lymphocytes% 0.872 (0.836, 0.909)  < 0.001 0.892 (0.853, 0.932)  < 0.001 0.937 (0.892, 0.985) 0.01 0.940 (0.897, 0.985) 0.01
CRP, mg/L 1.007 (1.002, 1.012) 0.01
hs-TnI, ng/L 1.000 (1.000, 1.001) 0.004
CK-MB, U/L 1.004 (1.001, 1.008) 0.022
Comorbidity (yes vs. no) 4.928 (2.417, 10.050)  < 0.001 0.994 (0.453, 2.182) 0.987 0.545 (0.228, 1.299) 0.171 0.695 (0.316, 1.528) 0.366
LUS score 1.083 (1.065, 1.100)  < 0.001 1.049 (1.023, 1.076)  < 0.001
LUS score > 12 (yes vs. no) 49.935 (15.296, 163.016)  < 0.001 10.760 (2.753, 42.049) 0.001
AIC 286 272 272
C-index 0.866 0.903 0.902

P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. AIC, Akaike information criterion; C-index, concordance index; CK-MB, creatine kinase muscle-brain; CRP, C-reactive protein; hs-TnI, hypersensitive troponin I; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio