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. 2021 Sep 13;10(3):e001496. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2021-001496

Table 2.

OR models for the combined endpoint of intensive care unit (ICU) care, hospital admission and emergency department (ED) visit and each endpoint separately

Characteristics* Combined endpoint (ICU, hospitalisation, ED) ICU care Hospital admission ED visit
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI) Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI) Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI) Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Engagement type
 No virtual engagement Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Telemedicine visits only 0.56 (0.44 to 0.70) 0.80 (0.61 to 1.03) 0.45 (0.28 to 0.71) 0.65 (0.40 to 1.06) 0.57 (0.43 to 0.76) 0.78 (0.58 to 1.05) 1.60 (1.00 to 2.57) 1.34 (0.81 to 2.22)
 Survey only 0.38 (0.33 to 0.45) 0.49 (0.41 to 0.59) 0.05 (0.02 to 0.10) 0.07 (0.03 to 0.16) 0.14 (0.10 to 0.19) 0.17 (0.12 to 0.23) 0.37 (0.21 to 0.66) 0.36 (0.20 to 0.65)
 Telemedicine and survey 0.17 (0.11 to 0.27) 0.25 (0.16 to 0.41) 0.04 (0.01 to 0.28) 0.06 (0.01 to 0.47) 0.09 (0.04 to 0.20) 0.14 (0.06 to 0.32) 0.85 (0.37 to 1.94) 0.62 (0.25 to 1.55)
Gender
 Male Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Female 0.75 (0.68 to 0.83) 0.85 (0.76 to 0.96) 0.56 (0.48 to 0.67) 0.63 (0.52 to 0.76) 0.83 (0.74 to 0.94) 0.96 (0.84 to 1.10) 1.44 (1.08 to 1.92) 1.42 (1.04 to 1.94)
Race
 White Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Black 1.16 (1.04 to 1.30) 1.04 (0.92 to 1.18) 1.19 (0.98 to 1.43) 1.02 (0.82 to 1.27) 1.10 (0.96 to 1.25) 1.03 (0.89 to 1.19) 1.85 (1.34 to 2.56) 1.59 (1.14 to 2.24)
 Multiple/Others 1.02 (0.80 to 1.29) 1.17 (0.90 to 1.53) 0.89 (0.58 to 1.38) 1.03 (0.64 to 1.65) 1.05 (0.80 to 1.39) 1.22 (0.90 to 1.64) 1.18 (0.58 to 2.42) 0.97 (0.47 to 2.01)
Age† 1.03 (1.03 to 1.04) 1.01 (1.01 to 1.02) 1.04 (1.03 to 1.05) 1.02 (1.01 to 1.03) 1.03 (1.03 to 1.03) 1.01 (1.01 to 1.02) 0.97 (0.96 to 0.98) 0.97 (0.96 to 0.99)
Emergency use authorisation criteria
 Age >65 2.99 (2.67 to 3.35) 1.44 (1.18 to 1.76) 3.12 (2.63 to 3.70) 0.96 (0.69 to 1.33) 2.57 (2.27 to 2.92) 1.42 (1.13 to 1.78) 0.30 (0.19 to 0.48) 0.63 (0.33 to 1.19)
 Obesity 1.57 (1.42 to 1.75) 1.59 (1.40 to 1.80) 1.82 (1.51 to 2.18) 1.77 (1.43 to 2.19) 1.48 (1.31 to 1.67) 1.51 (1.31 to 1.73) 0.62 (0.47 to 0.82) 0.65 (0.48 to 0.87)
 Diabetes mellitus 2.84 (2.54 to 3.17) 1.46 (1.28 to 1.67) 4.34 (3.66 to 5.16) 2.02 (1.64 to 2.47) 1.90 (1.68 to 2.15) 1.06 (0.92 to 1.24) 0.58 (0.41 to 0.83) 0.68 (0.45 to 1.04)
 Cardiac disease 3.66 (3.28 to 4.08) 1.97 (1.69 to 2.30) 7.94 (6.12 to 10.31) 3.44 (2.44 to 4.86) 2.76 (2.43 to 3.14) 1.71 (1.43 to 2.04) 0.64 (0.49 to 0.85) 1.19 (0.83 to 1.71)
 Lung disease 2.42 (2.16 to 2.72) 1.85 (1.62 to 2.11) 3.40 (2.86 to 4.04) 2.29 (1.88 to 2.78) 1.55 (1.36 to 1.76) 1.19 (1.03 to 1.38) 1.21 (0.89 to 1.64) 1.39 (1.00 to 1.92)
System primary care physician 0.70 (0.63 to 0.77) 0.51 (0.45 to 0.58) 0.82 (0.69 to 0.97) 0.67 (0.55 to 0.82) 0.69 (0.61 to 0.78) 0.59 (0.51 to 0.68) 0.89 (0.67 to 1.17) 1.14 (0.84 to 1.55)

*N=5740 (84% of total cohort) included in the final model.

†Per one-unit increase, all other variables in model are categorical.