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. 2020 Nov 24;12(12):3490. doi: 10.3390/cancers12123490

Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate analysis of risk to death in COVID-19 patients.

Characteristic Events/Number at Risk Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis
OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p
Age
<65 years 277/441 Reference (A)
≥65 years 165/240 1.3 (0.93–1.82) 0.1213
Sex
Male 206/307 Reference (B)
Female 236/374 0.84 (0.61–1.15) 0.2768
Comorbidities
Heart Disease 101/143 1.39 (0.93–2.07) 0.1075
Diabetes 70/104 1.14 (0.73–1.77) 0.5771
Neurologic disease 9/13 1.22 (0.37–4.01) 0.7418
Chronic lung disease 19/29 1.03 (0.47–2.25) 0.9439
Nephropathy 29/39 1.61 (0.77–3.36) 0.2066
Southeast Brazilian Region 261/419 0.74 (0.53–1.03) 0.0712 0.74 (0.53–1.03) 0.0777
Clinical Stage
I/II 61/106 Reference (C)
III/IV 293/444 1.43 (0.93–2.21) 0.1039
Unknown 21/34 1.19 (0.54–2.63) 0.6642
Other 67/97 1.65 (0.93–2.94) 0.0903
Mult. Drug Regimen 238/369 0.96 (0.7–1.32) 0.8094
Drug Class
Anti-Metabolic 175/265 1.09 (0.79–1.5) 0.6210
Microtubule inhibitor 154/239 0.97 (0.7–1.35) 0.8501
Alkylating 95/168 0.62 (0.44–0.89) 0.0092
Cisplatin 216/313 1.4 (1.02–1.92) 0.0388
Type 1 topois. inhib. 29/46 0.92 (0.49–1.71) 0.7842
Type 2 topois. inhib. 69/134 0.5 (0.34–0.73) 0.0003 0.55 (0.36–0.85) 0.0070
Chemotherapy setting
Neoadj./Definit./Adjuv. 94/170 Reference (D)
Palliative 1st Line 209/298 1.9 (1.28–2.81) 0.0013 1.83 (1.22–2.74) 0.0038
Palliative 2nd Line 43/58 2.32 (1.2–4.49) 0.0127 2.26 (1.15–4.45) 0.0180
Hematological cancer 96/155 1.32 (0.84–2.05) 0.2253 1.68 (1.05–2.7) 0.0310
Primary Site
GI 126/199 Reference (E)
Head and Neck 18/35 0.61 (0.3–1.26) 0.1852
Lung 38/51 1.69 (0.85–3.39) 0.1360
Others 25/29 3.62 (1.21–10.81) 0.0212
Breast 51/90 0.76 (0.46–1.26) 0.2832
Gynecological 55/75 1.59 (0.89–2.87) 0.1201
Prostate 13/17 1.88 (0.59–5.99) 0.2838
Cent. Nervous Syst. 7/12 0.81 (0.25–2.65) 0.7288
Hematologic 96/155 0.94 (0.61–1.46) 0.7898
Sarcomas 13/18 1.51 (0.52–4.4) 0.4534
Active chemotherapy 265/431 0.66 (0.47–0.92) 0.0144 0.66 (0.46–0.93) 0.0169

Abbreviations: Adjuv: Adjuvant; Definit: Definitive; GI: Gastrointestinal; Inhib: Inhibitor; Mult.: Multiple; Neoadj: Neoadjuvant; Topois: Topoisomerase. (A) Patients with less than 65 years were used as reference to calculate the OR for patients with more than 65 years (characteristic: Age), (B): Male patients were used as reference to calculate the OR for female patients (characteristic: Sex), (C): Patients with clinical stage I/II were used as reference to calculate the OR for III/IV, unknown and others patients (characteristic: Clinical stage), (D): Neoadj./Definit./Adjuv. were used as reference to calculate the OR for Palliative 1st Line, Palliative 2nd Line and Hematological cancer (characteristic: Chemotherapy objective), (E): Patients with GI cancers were used as reference to calculate the OR for head and neck, lung, others, breast gynecological, prostate, central nervous system, hematologic and sarcomas (characteristic: Primary site).