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. 2021 Jan 20;96(3):822–823. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.01.003

Table.

Effect of Fitness on the Relationship Between Select Variables and Likelihood of Complications Due to COVID-19a

Variable Univariate analyses
Adjusted for peak METs
Wald X2 P OR (95% CI) Wald X2 P OR (95% CI)
Age ≥65 years 18.3 <.001 3.31 (1.91 to 5.73) 10.8 .001 2.65 (1.48 to 4.74)
Male 3.9 .048 1.70 (1.00 to 2.88) 8.1 .004 2.29 (1.30 to 4.05)
Asthma 0.5 .49 1.28 (0.64 to 2.57) 0.6 .43 1.34 (0.74 to 0.92)
Obesityb 2.2 .13 0.67 (0.39 to 1.13) 3.9 .048 0.57 (0.33 to 0.995)
CKD 7.9 .005 5.39 (1.66 to 17.5) 4.6 .03 3.76 (1.12 to 12.7)
DM 4.8 .03 1.83 (1.06 to 3.13) 2.6 .11 1.57 (0.90 to 2.75)
COPD 1.4 .23 2.28 (0.60 to 8.71) 0.7 .41 1.78 (0.46 to 6.95)
CHD 4.5 .03 2.48 (1.07 to 5.72) 3.6 .06 2.31 (0.98 to 5.47)
Cancer 3.8 .05 2.26 (0.99 to 5.12) 2.6 .11 2.00 (0.87 to 4.62)
HTN 5.0 .03 1.95 (1.09 to 3.50) 1.9 .16 1.55 (0.84 to 2.85)
Stroke 0.04 .83 0.88 (0.26 to 3.00) 0.3 .59 0.70 (0.20 to 2.49)
Smoking 0.15 .70 0.86 (0.41 to 1.82) 0.1 .79 0.90 (0.42 to 1.94)
HF 4.6 .03 3.42 (1.11 to 10.55) 1.9 .16 2.29 (0.71 to 7.35)
a

CHD, coronary heart disease; CKD, chronic kidney disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; DM, diabetes mellitus; HF, heart failure; HTN, hypertension; MET, metabolic equivalents of task; OR, odds ratio.

b

BMI≥30 kg/m2.