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. 2021 May 19;13(10):2479. doi: 10.3390/cancers13102479

Table 3.

Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for risk of mild/moderate and severe COVID-19 in cancer patients.

Variable COVID-19 Negative Mild/Moderate COVID-19 Risk of Mild/Moderate Severe COVID-19 Risk of Severe COVID-19
n (%) n (%) OR * 95% CI n (%) OR * 95% CI
Sex
Female 1105 (56) 66 (44) 1.00 Ref. 12 (29) 1.00 Ref.
Male 857 (44) 83 (56) 1.62 (1.16–2.27) 29 (71) 3.12 (1.58–6.14)
Age
≤60 799 (41) 54 (36) 1.00 Ref. 12 (29) 1.00 Ref.
>60 1163 (59) 95 (64) 1.21 (0.86–1.71) 29 (71) 1.66 (0.84–3.27)
SES
Low 1691 (86) 124 (83) 1.00 Ref. 33 (80) 1.00 Ref.
Middle/High 167 (9) 16 (11) 1.64 (0.93–2.88) 3 (7) 1.38 (0.40–4.76)
Ethnicity
White 1021 (52) 73 (49) 1.00 Ref. 25 (61) 1.00 Ref.
Black 227 (12) 35 (23) 2.16 (1.41–3.31) 7 (17) 1.26 (0.54–2.95)
Asian 55 (3) 3 (2) 0.76 (0.23–2.50) 4 (10) 2.97 (1.00–8.83)
Other 62 (3) 4 (3) 0.90 (0.32–2.55) 2 (5) 1.32 (0.31–5.69)
Smoking History
Never 497 (25) 53 (36) 1.00 Ref. 13 (32) 1.00 Ref.
Ever 571 (29) 51 (34) 0.91 (0.58–1.42) 16 (39) 0.90 (0.38–2.10)
Cancer Type
Solid 1778 (91) 126 (85) 1.00 Ref. 31 (76) 1.00 Ref.
Haematological 162 (8) 23 (15) 2.30 (1.38–3.83) 10 (24) 2.43 (1.00–5.90)
Tumour Stage
I-III 1103 (56) 37 (25) 1.00 Ref. 6 (15) 1.00 Ref.
IV 302 (15) 15 (10) 1.48 (0.80–2.73) 2 (5) 1.22 (0.24–6.06)
Treatment Paradigm
No active treatment 78 (4) 15 (10) 1.00 Ref. 3 (7) 1.00 Ref.
Radical/Curative 853 (43) 58 (39) 0.37 (0.20–0.69) 13 (32) 0.37 (0.10–1.38)
Palliative 892 (45) 59 (40) 0.36 (0.19–0.66) 19 (46) 0.56 (0.16–1.95)
Time since cancer diagnosis
<1 year 878 (45) 83 (56) 1.00 Ref. 13 (32) 1.00 Ref.
1–2 years 317 (16) 18 (12) 0.63 (0.36–1.11) 5 (12) 1.27 (0.41–3.90)
2–5 years 370 (19) 20 (13) 0.59 (0.34–1.02) 9 (22) 1.69 (0.62–4.59)
≥5 years 287 (15) 24 (16) 0.87 (0.51–1.46) 12 (29) 2.89 (1.12–7.50)

* Adjusted models according to DAG in the Appendix A.