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. 2021 Jul 6;21:1330. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11431-2

Table 3.

Odds Ratios for Hospitalization among SARS-CoV-2 Positive Non-Hispanic Black (vs. Non-Hispanic White) and Hispanic (vs. Non-Hispanic) Patients

Model 1

OR (95% CI)a

(n = 6395)

Model 2

OR (95% CI)a

(n = 6345)

Model 3

OR (95% CI)a

(n = 6344)

Model AICb 6291.8 6204.9 5804.8
Non-Hispanic Black (vs. NHW) 1.74 (1.53, 1.98) 1.61 (1.41, 1.84) 1.42 (1.24, 1.63)
Age, in 5-year units 1.30 (1.27, 1.34) 1.31 (1.28, 1.34) 1.18 (1.15, 1.22)
Female (vs. Male) 0.64 (0.57, 0.72) 0.63 (0.56, 0.71) 0.63 (0.55, 0.71)
Insurance Type
 Commercial Reference Reference Reference
 Medicare 1.66 (1.39, 1.98) 1.58 (1.32, 1.89) 1.14 (0.94, 1.39)
 Medicaid 2.34 (1.72, 3.15) 2.22 (1.63, 3.00) 2.05 (1.48, 2.83)
 Self-Pay 0.98 (0.81, 1.17) 0.94 (0.78, 1.13) 1.25 (1.03, 1.52)
Residence: Low Income ZIP Codec 1.51 (1.32, 1.72) 1.41 (1.23, 1.62)
Residence: Population Dense ZIPd 0.89 (0.78, 1.01) 0.96 (0.84, 1.10)
Charlson Comorbidity Index Score 1.15 (1.12, 1.19)
Obesity 1.50 (1.29, 1.74)
Hypertension 1.77 (1.51, 2.07)
Smoking (Current/Former) 0.94 (0.80, 1.10)

Model 1

OR (95% CI)a

(n = 11,720)

Model 2

OR (95% CI)a

(n = 11,645)

Model 3

OR (95% CI)a

(n = 11,642)

Model AICb 11,692 11,520 10,858
Hispanic (vs. Non-Hispanic) 1.57 (1.43, 1.73) 1.47 (1.33, 1.61) 1.61 (1.46, 1.78)
Age, in 5-year units 1.30 (1.28, 1.33) 1.31 (1.29, 1.33) 1.21 (1.18, 1.23)
Female (vs. Male) 0.63 (0.57, 0.68) 0.62 (0.56, 0.67) 0.58 (0.53, 0.64)
Insurance Type
 Commercial Reference Reference Reference
 Medicare 1.70 (1.48, 1.95) 1.63 (1.42, 1.87) 1.23 (1.06, 1.42)
 Medicaid 3.05 (2.49, 3.72) 2.88 (2.35, 3.52) 2.80 (2.26, 3.46)
 Self-Pay 1.14 (1.02, 1.29) 1.09 (0.97, 1.23) 1.45 (1.28, 1.65)
Residence: Low Income ZIPc 1.56 (1.42, 1.72) 1.48 (1.34, 1.64)
Residence: Population Dense ZIPd 1.00 (0.91, 1.10) 1.07 (0.97, 1.18)
Charlson Comorbidity Index Score 1.12 (1.10, 1.15)
Obesity 1.62 (1.45, 1.82)
Hypertension 1.67 (1.49, 1.87)
Smoking (Current/Former) 0.86 (0.77, 0.98)

a Adjusted Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for association between individual co-variates and hospitalization among confirmed COVID-19 cases

b Model Akaike information criterion (AIC)

c Low income classified as ZIP codes in the 2 lowest pentiles for median house income

d High population density classified as ZIP codes in the 2 highest pentiles for population density