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. 2022 Feb 24;59(2):2100265. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00265-2021

TABLE 3.

Results of univariable logistic regression analyses of orotracheal intubation risk in patients with awake prone positioning

Unmatched Matched
OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value
Awake prone 0.46 (0.34–0.62) <0.0001 0.50 (0.36–0.71) <0.0001
Demographic variables
 Age (years) 1.02 (1.004–1.03) 0.007 1.01 (1.002–1.03) 0.02
 Sex (male) 0.91 (0.70–1.37) 0.9 1.12 (0.77–1.65) 0.6
Type of care
 ICU 0.63 (0.41–0.96) 0.03 0.61 (0.39–0.94) 0.03
Clinical variables
 Diabetes 1.70 (1.26–2.30) 0.001 1.80 (1.28–2.54) 0.001
 Systemic arterial hypertension 1.61 (1.19–2.19) 0.002 1.40 (0.99–1.99) 0.06
 Obesity 2.01 (1.35–2.99) 0.001 2.69 (1.69–4.29) <0.0001
 Heart disease 3.41 (1.28–9.07) 0.01 4.35 (1.29–14.64) 0.02
 Lung disease 1.36 (0.71–2.62) 0.4 1.39 (0.68–2.87) 0.4
 Cancer 9.56 (2.02–45.35) 0.004 15.27 (1.87–124.96) 0.01
 Liver disease 3.51 (0.58–21.15) 0.2 2.12 (0.29–15.17) 0.5
 Chronic kidney disease 1.39 (0.69–2.81) 0.4 1.43 (0.63–3.24) 0.4
Baseline SpO2/FIO2
 <100 5.69 (3.48–9.31) <0.0001 7.44 (4.18–13.24) <0.0001
 100–199 3.69 (2.57–5.29) <0.0001 4.26 (2.86–6.33) <0.0001
 ≥200 Reference Reference
Pharmacological treatments
 Hydroxychloroquine 1.08 (0.78–1.49) 0.7 1.13 (0.79–1.61) 0.5
 Chloroquine 0.81 (0.52–1.26) 0.3 0.77 (0.48–1.25) 0.3
 Azithromycin 1.05 (0.76–1.43) 0.8 0.94 (0.65–1.35) 0.7
 Ceftriaxone 0.82 (0.61–1.11) 0.2 0.72 (0.51–1.02) 0.07
 Lopinavir/ritonavir 0.45 (0.25–0.83) 0.01 0.51 (0.28–0.95) 0.03
 Enoxaparin 0.84 (0.62–1.15) 0.3 0.88 (0.61–1.29) 0.5
 Tocilizumab 0.53 (0.25–1.12) 0.09 0.58 (0.27–1.23) 0.2
 Oseltamivir 0.79 (0.52–1.21) 0.3 0.82 (0.52–1.29) 0.4
 Steroid (systemic) 0.53 (0.35–0.81) 0.004 0.47 (0.30–0.74) 0.001
 Ivermectin 0.89 (0.49–1.64) 0.7 1.03 (0.55–1.91) 0.9
Supplemental oxygen delivery device
 Low-flow nasal cannula 0.27 (0.19–0.38) <0.0001 0.28 (0.19–0.41) <0.0001
 High-flow nasal cannula 0.77 (0.46–1.29) 0.3 0.77 (0.42–1.44) 0.4
 Nonrebreather mask 3.94 (2.88–5.39) <0.0001 3.75 (2.63–5.35) <0.0001

ICU: intensive care unit; SpO2: peripheral arterial oxygen saturation; FIO2: inspiratory oxygen fraction.