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. 2021 Oct 5;193(42):E1619–E1625. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.211248

Table 2:

Adjusted odds ratios for hospitalization, intensive care unit admission, and death among reported COVID-19 cases*

Variable Hospitalization OR (95% CI) ICU admission OR (95% CI) Death OR (95% CI)
VOC status
 Non-VOC Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Probable Delta variant 2.08 (1.78–2.40) 3.35 (2.60–4.31) 2.33 (1.54–3.31)
 N501Y+ variant 1.52 (1.42–1.63) 1.89 (1.67–2.17) 1.51 (1.30–1.78)
Sex, male 1.29 (1.23–1.36) 1.60 (1.48–1.75) 1.67 (1.50–1.85)
Age, yr (per 10-year increase) 2.07 (2.04–2.10) 1.96 (1.91–2.01) 3.46 (3.32–3.59)
Vaccination status
 Nonvaccinated Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Partially vaccinated 0.42 (0.40–0.44) 0.28 (0.25–0.30) 0.09 (0.07–0.10)
 Fully vaccinated 0.31 (0.23–0.43) 0.15 (0.04–0.30) 0.21 (0.10–0.35)
Comorbidity 2.76 (2.59–2.95) 2.58 (2.28–2.90) 2.40 (2.08–2.71)
Pregnant 6.26 (4.56–8.43) 6.85 (3.59–10.80)
Series week 0.99 (0.99–1.00) 0.98 (0.97–0.99) 0.96 (0.95–0.98)

Note: CI = confidence interval, ICU = intensive care unit, OR = odds ratio, VOC = variant of concern.

*

We treated health units as random effects in models.

Comorbidities include 1 or more of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hematological disease, liver disease, cardiac disease, diabetes, immune compromise, renal disease, neurologic disease, malignancy, or obesity.

Week from Feb. 7 to June 27, 2021, modelled as a continuous variable.