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. 2021 Sep 6;54:e0382-2021. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0382-2021

TABLE 2: Univariable and multivariable analysis of demographic, clinical and echocardiographic variables associated with in-hospital mortality.

Univariable analysis:
Variable OR: 95% CI: P-value:
Demographics and risk factors:
Age (each 1 year): 1.03 1.01 - 1.05 0.013*
Sex (male): 1.41 0.72 - 2.75 0.312
Hypertension: 0.98 0.41 - 2.28 0.926
Diabetes: 1.58 0.79 - 3.17 0.194
Heart failure: 0.85 0.32 - 2.24 0.737
Obesity: 0.73 0.24 - 2.24 0.587
Asthma: 1.50 0.38 - 5.85 0.561
Smoking: 0.94 0.44 - 2.02 0.877
COVID-19 symptoms at admission:
Fever: 0.89 0.46 - 1.72 0.732
Cough: 1.09 0.51 - 2.33 0.823
Dyspnea: 4.39 1.45 - 13.29 0.009*
Diarrhea: 0.80 0.11 - 1.13 0.080
Abdominal pain: 1.16 0.27 - 5.07 0.840
Anosmia: 0.35 0.10 - 1.28 0.112
Taste loss: 0.21 0.05 - 0.97 0.045*
Echo variables:
LVEF (%) 0.94 0.92 - 0.98 <0.001*
RV dysfunction (any) 5.33 2.33 - 12.21 <0.001*
LA diameter (mm) 0.94 0.88 - 1.00 0.062
RV fractional area change (%) 0.96 0.93 - 0.99 0.049*
TAPSE (mm) 0.83 0.74 - 0.93 0.001*
RV basal dimension (mm) 1.10 1.03 - 1.18 0.004*
Septal E/E’ 1.07 0.97 - 1.17 0.202
Tricuspid velocity (m/s) 2.60 0.68 - 9.92 0.161
Multivariable analysis†:
Age (each 1 year): 1.05 1.01 - 1.10 0.023*
LVEF (%): 0.96 0.91 - 0.99 0.048*
TAPSE (mm) 0.76 0.63 - 0.91 0.005*

Abbreviations: LA: left atrium; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; OR: odds-ratio; RV: right ventricle; TAPSE: tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion. *p<0.05. † Multivariable analysis adjusted for sex, hypertension, diabetes, heart failure, asthma, obesity, fever, cough.