Table 3.

Association between race and ethnicity and COVID-19 hospitalization, ICU admission, and mortality among Black, White, and Hispanic veterans

	Black vs. white		Hispanic vs. white
	Odds ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)	Odds ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
Among all positive cases (n = 20,500)
Hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2, Unadjusted	1.54 (1.43, 1.65)	1.88 (1.74, 2.03)	0.83 (0.74, 0.93)	1.41 (1.25, 1.60)
Among hospitalized patients (n = 4,790)
ICU admission, unadjusted	1.06 (0.94, 1.20)	1.08 (0.95, 1.23)	1.02 (0.82, 1.26)	1.07 (0.86, 1.33)
In-hospital death, unadjusted	0.86 (0.73, 1.01)	1.16 (0.97, 1.38)	0.81 (0.61, 1.09)	1.22 (0.90, 1.66)
Among ICU-admitted patients (n = 2,015)
In-hospital death, unadjusted	0.81 (0.69, 0.96)	1.11 (0.93, 1.33)	0.82 (0.61, 1.11)	1.22 (0.89, 1.67)

*Adjusted by age, sex, Elixhauser comorbidity index (includes obesity)