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. 2021 Nov 5;7(11):e33022. doi: 10.2196/33022

Table 2.

Adjusted associations between risk factors and severity of COVID-19 in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 at a large academic hospital in Chicago, Illinois, between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020 (N=4134).

Predictor Unhealthy alcohol use No unhealthy alcohol use Odds ratio 95% CI P value
Alcohol classifier, n 90 4044 1.24 1.14-1.37 <.001
Age N/Aa N/A 1.02 1.01-1.03 <.001
Mean age (SD), years 59.58 (17.29) 50.12 (18.07) N/A N/A
Sex, n 0.64 0.49-0.85 .002

Male 66 2050 N/A N/A

Female 24 1994 N/A N/A
Race/ethnicity, n

Non-Hispanic White 18 823 Reference


Non-Hispanic Black 42 1715 0.95 0.68-1.35 .79

Hispanic 24 1171 1.17 0.81-1.70 .41

Other 6 335 1.46 0.88-2.41 .14
BMI, mean (SD) 31.71 (10.20) 26.93 (7.73) 1.02 1.01-1.04 .001
Smoking status, n

Never smoker 22 1885 Reference


Quit 18 1001 0.85 0.67-1.08 .25

Current smoker (some days) 6 68 0.59 0.27-1.27 .07

Current smoker (every day) 17 161 1.14 0.75-1.75 .13
Insurance status, n

Medicaid 51 1429 Reference


Medicare 11 1387 0.83 0.60-1.15 .25

Private 10 909 0.73 0.52-1.03 .07

Other 18 319 0.68 0.41-1.11 .13
International Classification of Disease, n

Cancer 0 142 0.49 0.22-1.08 .08

Cardiovascular 3 476 0.76 0.51-1.13 .17

Diabetes 1 265 1.1 0.68-1.77 .70

aN/A: not applicable.