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. 2021 Jul 9;16(7):e0254525. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254525

Table 1. Characteristics of CKD patients with and without COVID-19 disease, and predictors of COVID-19.

With COVID-19 (n = 193) Without COVID-19 (n = 4523) OR (95% CI) p-value
Age at January 1, 2020, mean±SD 80.8±8.9 76.0±11.7 1.033 (1.014–1.053) 0.001
Males, n(%) 123(63.7) 2963(65.5) 1.205 (0.872–1.666) 0.258
Immigrants, n(%) 6(3.1) 170(3.8) 1.301 (0.508–3.327) 0.583
Province, n(%)
    Ravenna 22(11.4) 830(18.3) 0.491 (0.303–0.796) 0.004
    Forlì-Cesena 62(32.1) 1765(39.0) 0.662 (0.472–0.928) 0.017
    Rimini 109(56.5) 1928(42.6) Ref.
BMI (kg/m2), mean±SD 28.4±5.1 28.0±4.8
    <25 51(27.4) 1240(27.8) Ref.
    25–29.99 69(37.1) 1912(42.8) 0.874 (0.598–1.279) 0.489
    30–34.99 47(25.3) 969(21.7) 1.197 (0.783–1.829) 0.406
    ≥35 19(10.2) 343(7.7) 1.424 (0.803–2.526) 0.226
eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2), mean±SD 32.5±12.1 38.3±15.9
    CKD-EPI stage 1–2 4(2.1) 336(7.4) 0.575 (0.203–1.628) 0.298
    CKD-EPI stage 3a 25(12.9) 989(21.9) 0.728 (0.447–1.187) 0.204
    CKD-EPI stage 3b 73(37.8) 1772(39.2) Ref.
    CKD-EPI stage 4 84(43.5) 1256(27.8) 1.562 (1.116–2.186) 0.009
    CKD-EPI stage 5 7(3.6) 169(3.7) 1.090 (0.485–2.449) 0.834
Primary kidney disease, n(%)
    Hypertensive nephropathy 150(77.7) 3124(69.1)
    Diabetic nephropathy 17(8.8) 415(9.2)
    Polycystic kidney 3(1.6) 95(2.1)
    Pyelonephritis 2(1.0) 227(5.0)
    Glomerulonephritis 4(2.1) 156(3.4)
    Single kidney 7(3.6) 219(4.8)
    Unknown nephropathy 8(4.2) 225(5.0)
    Rare nephropathies 2(1.0) 62(1.4)
Diabetes, n(%) 69(35.7) 1500(33.2) 1.033 (0.748–1.427) 0.845
Cardiovascular comorbidities, n(%) 77(39.9) 911(20.2) 1.822 (1.311–2.533) <0.001
COPD, n(%) 26(13.5) 213(4.7) 1.906 (1.182–3.072) 0.008
Tumors, n(%) 21(10.9) 300(6.6) 1.631 (1.002–2.655) 0.049
Liver disease, n(%) 2(1.0) 41(0.9) - -
Dementia, n(%) 10(5.2) 96(2.1) 1.650 (0.827–3.292) 0.155