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. 2021 Dec 7;50(3):671–679. doi: 10.1007/s15010-021-01737-z

Table 3.

Odds ratios (ORs) for severe COVID-19 obtained from logistic regression models adjusted for age and pancreatic insufficiency in patients with cystic fibrosis infected by SARS-CoV-2 between March 2020 and June 2021 in Italy, according to selected clinical characteristics

OR [95% CI] P*
FEV1p (< 40% vs ≥ 40%) 4.54 [1.56–13.19] 0.005
Oxygen (Yes vs No) 12.27 [2.91–51.68]  < 0.001
Chronic Pa infection (Yes vs No) 1.77 [0.84–3.73] 0.135
Underweight (Yes vs No) 2.92 [1.12–7.57] 0.028
Organ transplant (Yes vs No) 7.31 [2.59–20.65]  < 0.001
Diabetes (Yes vs No) 2.67 [1.23–5.80] 0.013
Liver disease (Yes vs No) 3.67 [1.77–7.59]  < 0.001
CFTR modulators (HE vs None) 0.42 [0.09–2.02] 0.501
CFTR modulators (OM vs None) 0.97 [0.39–2.41]
Inhaled steroids (Yes vs No) 1.20 [0.59–2.43] 0.621
Dornase alfa (Yes vs No) 0.34 [0.13–0.88] 0.026
Azithromycin (Yes vs No) 2.58 [1.27–5.25] 0.009

HE highly effective modulators, OM Other CFTR modulators

*P values were obtained using the likelihood ratio test between two nested models (i.e., the null model and the model including the variable of interest)