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. 2021 Feb 13;53(1):357–364. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2021.1884744

Table 2.

Predictors associated with mortality in the patients with COVID-19.

  Univariate
Multivariate
Hazard ratio (95% CI) p Value Hazard ratio (95% CI) p Value
Age 50–69 years 14.00 (5.04–38.89) <.001    
≥70 years 137.37 (51.00–370.03) <.001    
Male sex 1.63 (1.26–2.11) <.001 1.55 (1.05–2.29) .03
Body mass index < 18.5 kg/m2 2.50 (1.48–4.22) <.001 2.88 (1.66–4.99) <.001
Systolic blood presssure < 120 mmHg 1.18 (0.87–1.59) .28    
Diastolic blood pressure < 80 mmHg 1.36 (1.04–1.77) .02 0.74 (0.50–1.09) .13
Heart rate ≥ 100 /min 1.74 (1.29–2.33) <.001 1.07 (0.68–1.69) .76
Body temperature ≥ 37.5 °C 2.13 (1.60–2.83) <.001 1.18 (0.58–2.39) .65
Charlson comorbidity index score ≥3 61.41 (27.29–138.15) <.001 22.96 (7.20–73.24) <.001
Any symptoms at admission 1.25 (0.91–1.72) .17    
Febrile sense 2.02 (1.55–2.63) <.001 1.31 (0.66–2.62) .44
Fatigue 1.74 (1.06–2.85) .028 1.15 (0.60–2.20) .67
Dyspnoea 6.39 (4.94–8.26) <.001 2.90 (1.96–4.29) <.001
Altered mentality 19.77 (12.46–31.35) <.001 2.03 (0.92–4.48) .08
Haemoglobin <120 g/L 3.99 (3.07–5.19) <.001 2.08 (1.40–3.11) <.001
Lymphocyte counts < 0.8 × 109/L 8.36 (6.41–10.89) <.001 2.61 (1.75–3.89) <.001
Platelet counts < 150 × 109/L 3.95 (3.01–5.19) <.001 2.03 (1.35–3.04) <.001

CI: confidence interval; COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019.