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. 2021 Feb 17;11(2):e046556. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046556

Table 5.

Multinomial regression of mortality outcomes over the 12-week period for those who died (n=1093) either in the community (n=537) or non-COVID-19-related (n=284) and COVID-19-related (n=272) hospital deaths (HD) (see table 1) compared with those who were alive (n=227 539)

COVID-19 HD Non-COVID-19 HD Community death
Gender (male) 2 (1.5 to 2.6), p<0.001 1.5 (1.2 to 1.9), p<0.01 1.7 (1.4 to 2.1), p<0.001
Age category Q2 (30–40) ns, p=0.997 >100, p<0.001 ns, p=0.85
Age category Q3 (41–51) 2.5 (0.5 to 14), ns, p=0.283 >100, p<0.001 6.6 (1.9 to 22.6), p<0.01
Age category Q4 (52–65) 10.5 (2.4 to 44.8), p<0.01 >100, p<0.001 13.9 (4.3 to 44.9), p<0.001
Age category Q5 (66–113) 39.9 (9.6 to 165.5), p<0.001 >100, p<0.001 41.3 (13 to 130.9), p<0.001
IMD category Q2 (16.5–27.7) ns, p=0.163 1.8 (1.2 to 2.6), p<0.01 ns, p=0.708
IMD category Q3 (27.8–39.0) 1.5 (1 to 2.2), p<0.05 2.2 (1.5 to 3.1), p<0.001 ns, p=0.054
IMD category Q4 (39.3–45.7) ns, p=0.319 1.8 (1.2 to 2.7), p<0.01 ns, p=0.384
IMD category Q5 (45.7–71.8) ns, p=0.713 ns, p=0.455 1.6 (1.2 to 2.1), p<0.01
Ethnicity South Asian 0.5 (0.3 to 0.8), p<0.01 0.4 (0.3 to 0.6), p<0.001 0.5 (0.3 to 0.7), p<0.001
Ethnicity black 2.1 (1.5 to 3.2), p<0.001 0.5 (0.3 to 1), p<0.05 ns, p=0.841
Smoking current or prior 0 (0 to 0), p<0.001 0.1 (0.1 to 0.2), p<0.001 0.1 (0.1 to 0.1), p<0.001
Body mass index 1 (0.9 to 1), p<0.01 1 (1 to 1), ns, p=0.12 1 (1 to 1), p<0.05
Prior emergency admissions (1 year) 1.2 (1.1 to 1.3), p<0.001 1.3 (1.2 to 1.4), p<0.001 1.3 (1.2 to 1.4), p<0.001
Palliative care registered 9.5 (6.8 to 13.2), p<0.001 5.9 (4.2 to 8.4), p<0.001 5.9 (4.7 to 7.5), p<0.001
Nursing home resident ns, p=0.547 ns, p=0.634 3.5 (2.7 to 4.6), p<0.001
Comorbidities ≥3 3 (2 to 4.4), p<0.001 2.3 (1.6 to 3.3), p<0.001 1.7 (1.3 to 2.3), p<0.001
Peripheral vascular disease 2.6 (1.8 to 3.9), p<0.001 1.9 (1.3 to 2.9), p<0.01 ns, p=0.232
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2.1 (1.4 to 3), p<0.001 3.8 (2.8 to 5.2), p<0.001 2.2 (1.7 to 2.9), p<0.001
Cardiac failure 2 (1.5 to 2.8), p<0.001 1.7 (1.2 to 2.3), p<0.01 1.8 (1.4 to 2.3), p<0.001
Chronic kidney disease 1.6 (1.2 to 2.1), p<0.01 ns, p=0.095 ns, p=0.328
Diabetes 1.4 (1.1 to 1.9), p<0.05 ns, p=0.465 ns, p=0.426
Atrial fibrillation 1.4 (1 to 1.9), p<0.05 1.9 (1.4 to 2.6), p<0.001 ns, p=0.602
Cancer ns, p=0.338 1.5 (1.1 to 2), p<0.01 2.1 (1.7 to 2.6), p<0.001
Dementia ns, p=0.878 ns, p=0.505 2 (1.5 to 2.6), p<0.001
Asthma ns, p=0.337 0.7 (0.5 to 1), p<0.05 ns, p=0.376

Results are OR with 95% CIs. For age and Index of Multiple Deprivation categories, the comparators were the youngest and least deprived quintile, respectively. Variables not listed from table 1 were excluded stepwise (backwards) as not significant.

IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation.