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. 2021 Jul 20;22(9):1857–1859. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.07.004

Table 1.

Risk Factors Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Death

Variable Infection
Death
OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
PCR positive 4.26 (3.6-5.1) <.01
Gender
 Male 1.09 (0.9-1.3) .34 1.75 (1.5-2.1) <.01
 Female
Age (pooled) 1.08 (1.0-1.2) <.01 1.16 (1.1-1.2) <.01
Barthel Index score ≥50 1.22 (1.0-1.5) .03 2.42 (1.8-3.2) <.01
Comorbidities
 Respiratory disease 1.36 (1.1-1.7) .01 1.15 (0.9-1.5) .21
 Cardiovascular disease 1.38 (1.1-1.7) <.01 1.15 (0.9-1.4) .24
 Cerebrovascular disease 0.74 (0.5-1.2) .22 1.32 (0.9-2.1) .22
 Hypertension 1.02 (0.9-1.2) .80 1.02 (0.9-1.2) .84
 Dementia 0.95 (0.8-1.1) .57 1.33 (1.2-1.6) <.01
 Chronic renal disease 1.03 (0.9-1.3) .84 1.36 (1.1-1.7) <.01
 Diabetes mellitus type 2 1.00 (0.8-1.0) .92 1.03 (0.9-1.2) .78
CCP/ACD 0.89 (0.8-1.0) .11 1.29 (1.1-1.5) <.01.
Number of residents, pooled OR 1.67 (1.6-1.8) <.01 1.03 (0.9-1.1) .53
Community incidence, pooled OR 1.67 (1.0-2.7) .04 1.19 (1.1-1.3) <.01

CCP/ACD, complex chronic patient/suffering advanced chronic disease; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.

Adjusted by clustering (LTC facility and catchment area).

Adjustments for clustering included only the catchment area.