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. 2021 May 9;140:104850. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2021.104850

Table 2.

Associations between co-morbid conditions and severe COVID-19 illness.

Co-morbid Condition All Patients, n (%) Moderate Illness, n (%) Severe Illness, n (%) p-valuea Adjusted p-valueb
401 233 (60) 168 (40)
HTN 276 (69) 147 (63) 129 (77) 0.004 0.05
DM 152 (38) 76 (33) 76 (45) 0.02 0.03
Class I or II obesity 133 (34) 75 (33) 58 (25) 0.74 0.39
Class III obesity 69 (17) 41 (18) 28 (17) 0.89 0.14
CKD 96 (24) 43 (18) 53 (32) 0.003 0.07
CHF 65 (16) 30 (13) 35 (21) 0.04 0.11
Cancer 56 (14) 31 (13) 25 (15) 0.76 0.73
Immunocompromised 55 (14) 31 (13) 24 (14) 0.89 0.64
Autoimmune conditionc 27 (7) 15 (6) 12 (7) 0.93
Immunosuppressive therapyd 21 (5) 11 (5) 10 (6) 0.74
Steroid usee 17 (4) 7 (3) 10 (6) 0.23
Recent chemotherapy 13 (4) 7 (3) 6 (4) 1.0
SOT recipient 9 (2) 3 (1) 6 (4) 0.17
HIV 8 (2) 7 (3) 1 (1) 0.15
Stem cell transplant 4 (1) 2 (1) 2 (1) 1.0
CAD 53 (13) 27 (12) 26 (16) 0.33 0.99
Liver Disease 16 (4) 10 (4) 6 (4) 0.92
Hemoglobinopathy 5 (1) 3 (1) 2 (1) 1.0
a

P-values calculated using chi-squared test.

b

Adjusted p-values calculated by controlling for age, sex, and race.

c

Autoimmune conditions included but were not limited to multiple sclerosis, collagen vascular diseases, systemic lupus erythematous, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Sjojgren's syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, dermatomyositis, scleroderma, and polymyalgia rheumatica.

d

Immunosuppressive therapies included methotrexate, azathioprine, mTOR inhibitors (tacrolimus, serolimus, everolimus), cyclosporine, mycophenolate, and immunosuppressive monoclonal antibodies.

e

Included use of ≥10mg prednisone or the equivalent corticosteroid.

Abbreviations: HTN = hypertension; DM = diabetes mellitus; CKD = chronic kidney disease; CHF = congestive heart failure; SOT = solid organ transplant; CAD = coronary artery disease