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. 2021 Sep 21;25(3):147–152. doi: 10.5114/wo.2021.109362

Table 2.

Clinical negative factors for COVID-19 infection (factors favouring infection)

Predictive factor p-value RR (95% CI)
Female sex 0.005 4.5 (1.3–15.8)
Comorbidities 0.336 1.9 (0.6–6.4)
BMI > 25 1.0 0.9 (0.4–2.2)
Cancer dissemination 0.406 0.7 (0.3–1.5)
Gastrointestinal cancer 0.670 1.3 (0.6–2.7)
Systemic therapy with no platin derivatives 0.650 0.5 (0.2–1.8)
Leukocytosis 1.0 0.9 (0.3–2.8)
Thrombocytopaenia 1.0 1.3 (0.5–3.4)
NLR < 4.83 0.087 0.3 (0.1–1.2)
PLR < 180.4 0.141 3.2 (0.5–19.4)
Elevated CRP in men 0.133 0.0

BMI – body mass index, NLR – neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, PLR – platelet- to-lymphocyte ratio, CRP – C- reactive protein