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. 2021 Oct 25;160:261–272. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2021.10.009

Table 3.

Univariable analysis of subgroup of patients with active solid malignancy and COVID-19. Risk (expressed in odds ratio) of a fatal outcome of COVID-19 for the different patients’ characteristics in patients considered as having an active malignancy (n = 471).

Patients with active malignancy (n = 471)
Frequency n (%) Odds ratio (95% CI) p-value
Sex (male) 222 (47.1) 1.63 (1.06–2.51) 0.027
Age
 <65 years 213 (45.2)
 ≥65 years < 75 years 133 (28.2) 4.55 (2.50–8.27) <0.001
 ≥75 years 125 (26.5) 6.37 (3.52–11.52) <0.001
Smoking 230 (48.8) 1.73 (1.12–2.67) 0.014
Comorbidities
 Cardiovascular disease 225 (47.8) 2.60 (1.66–4.08) <0.001
 BMIa ≥ 30 102 (21.7) 0.84 (0.49–1.44) 0.525
 COPDb 52 (11.0) 2.24 (1.20–4.20) 0.010
 Diabetes mellitus 88 (18.7) 1.65 (0.99–2.76) 0.055
 Autoimmune disease 27 (5.7) 1.19 (0.49–2.89) 0.703
 Prior/other malignancy 79 (16.8) 2.30 (1.37–3.86) 0.001
Cancer type
 Other solid tumours 381 (80.9)
 Lung cancer 90 (19.1) 2.21 (1.34–3.65) 0.002
Last cancer treatment
 Surgery 51 (10.8) 0.80 (0.39–1.66) 0.550
 Radiotherapy 87 (18.5) 0.59 (0.32–1.1) 0.093
 Thoracic radiotherapy 48 (10.2) 1.14 (0.57–2.27) 0.719
 Chemotherapy 212 (45.0) 0.84 (0.54–1.30) 0.426
 Immunotherapy 79 (16.8) 0.68 (0.37–1.27) 0.227
 Targeted therapy 74 (15.7) 0.42 (0.20–0.87) 0.016
 Hormonal therapy 86 (18.3) 1.11 (0.64–1.91) 0.716
Disease stage for solid tumours
 Metastatic 288 (61.1) 1.89 (1.18–3.03) 0.007
Intention most recent cancer treatment given
 Non-curative 292 (62.0) 1.94 (1.19–3.15) 0.007

CI, confidence interval; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.

a

BMI, body mass index.

b

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2.