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. 2021 Apr 15;5:100097. doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100097

Table 3.

Associations between underlying conditions and ICU admission among those who were hospitalised from COVID-19 within the study subset (n=2,811)a.

Risk factor No ICU admission but hospitalised (n=2373) ICU admission (n=438) Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR for age1 (95% CI) Adjusted OR2 (95% CI)
Gender
Male
Female (reference)

1314
1059

302 (18.69%)
136 (11.38%)

1.79 (1.44, 2.23)

1.61 (1.28, 2.02)***

1.53 (1.19, 1.97)**
Chronic Heart Disease
Yes
No

775
1598

216 (21.80%)
222 (12.20%)

2.01 (1.63, 2.47)

2.90 (2.29, 3.68)***

2.48 (1.90, 3.24)***
Chronic Neurological condition
Yes
No

338
2035

20 (5.59%)
418 (17.04%)

0.29 (0.18, 0.46)

0.38 (0.24, 0.62)***

0.35 (0.21, 0.60)**
Chronic respiratory disease
Yes
No

451
1922

107 (19.18%)
331 (14.69%)

1.38 (1.08, 1.75)

1.47 (1.14, 1.90)*

0.99 (0.73, 1.34)
Chronic Kidney Disease
Yes
No

237
2136

40 (14.44%)
398 (15.71%)

0.91 (0.64, 1.29)

1.10 (0.76, 1.60)

1.00 (0.66, 1.52)
Chronic Liver Disease
Yes
No

54
2319

14 (20.59%)
424 (15.46%)

1.42 (0.78, 2.58)

1.10 (0.59, 2.04)

0.86 (0.43, 1.72)
Asthma (requiring medication)
Yes
No

108
2265

50 (31.65%)
388 (14.62%)

2.70 (1.90, 3.84)

2.63 (1.80, 3.84)***

2.31 (1.47, 3.63)**
Immunodeficiency incl. HIV
Yes
No

87
2286

26 (23.01%)
412 (15.27%)

1.66 (1.06, 2.60)

1.38 (0.86, 2.20)

1.46 (0.88, 2.43)
Diabetes
Yes
No

347
2026

111 (24.24%)
327 (13.90%)

1.98 (1.55, 2.53)

1.94 (1.50, 2.52)***

1.27 (0.93, 1.72)
BMI ≥40kg/m2
Yes
No

52
2321

82 (61.19%)
356 (13.30%)

10.28 (7.14, 14.81)

7.91 (5.39, 11.59)***

7.53 (4.94, 11.48)***
Cancer / malignancy
Yes
No

301
2072

50 (14.25%)
388 (15.77%)

0.89 (0.65, 1.22)

0.91 (0.65, 1.27)

0.90 (0.62, 1.30)
Other comorbidity
Yes
No

894
1479

210 (19.01%)
228 (13.36%)

1.52 (1.24, 1,87)

1.81 (1.45, 2.25)***

1.75 (1.37, 2.24)***
Comorbidity unknown$
Yes
No

155
2218

4 (2.52%)
434 (16.37%)

0.13 (0.05, 0.36)

0.17 (0.06, 0.46)**

0.38 (0.13, 1.06)
Residential care facility
Yes
No

224
2149

9 (3.86%)
429 (16.64%)

0.20 (0.10, 0.40)

0.35 (0.17, 0.69)*

0.58 (0.27, 1.28)

aAge is modeled as a polynomial in the model and therefore odds ratios are not directly interpretable

1Adjusted OR, adjusted for age (linear, quadratic, cubic)

2Adjusted OR, adjusted for age (linear, quadratic, cubic), chronic heart disease, chronic neurological disease, chronic respiratory disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, asthma (requiring meds), immunodeficiency, diabetes, BMI ≥40, cancer, other comorbidity, unknown comorbidity, community health office, residential care facility and route of transmission.

$Where an underlying clinical condition was indicated but none of the conditions listed (and pregnancy) were reported. Odds ratios (OR), 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). P-value for overall association (Wald χ2) *p<0.05; ** p<0.001; *** p<0.0001.