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. 2021 Oct 12;17(3):675–684. doi: 10.1007/s11739-021-02842-5

Table 3.

Comparison of risk of death within 30 days of discharge between patients admitted with COVID-19 in wave 1 and wave 2 of the pandemic

Logistic regression
Model 1: unadjusted Model 2: adjusted for age and sex
OR 95%CI P OR 95%CI P
In-patient mortality
 Wave 2 (reference) 1 1
 Wave 1 1.73 1.32–2.25  < 0.001 1.58 1.18–2.12  < 0.001
Mortality within 30 days
 Wave 2 (reference) 1 1
 Wave 1 2.97 1.45–6.06  < 0.001 2.91 1.40–6.04  < 0.001