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. 2021 Jul 10;4(4):e00287. doi: 10.1002/edm2.287

TABLE 2.

Multivariable demographic and comorbid predictors of COVID‐19 death and ICU admission among COVID‐19 admissions in Kuwait

Death from COVID‐19

N = 5333, n deaths =244

ICU admission (after 3 days)

N = 4860, n admissions =133

Odds ratio (95% CI) Odds ratio (95% CI)
Age (years) 1.05 (1.04, 1.06) 1.05 (1.04, 1.06)
Sex
Female (ref) 1.00 1.00
Male 2.04 (1.46, 2.84) 1.33 (0.91, 1.95)
Ethnicity
Arab (ref) 1.00 1.00
South Asian 3.09 (2.21, 4.33) 0.90 (0.55, 1.48)
Other 1.93 (0.78, 4.76) 0.86 (0.20, 3.63)
Type 2 diabetes 1.70 (1.23, 2.34) 1.78 (1.17, 2.70)
Cardiovascular disease 1.23 (0.81,1.87) 1.00 (0.55, 1.82)
Cancer history 3.10 (1.52, 6.31) 1.34 (0.46, 3.88)
Hypertension 1.69 (1.20, 2.38) 0.83 (0.53, 1.30)
Kidney disease 2.37 (1.45, 3.89) 1.17 (0.51, 2.66)
Respiratory disease 1.39 (0.89, 2.18) 2.03 (1.26, 3.25)