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. 2022 Jan 25;84(4):542–550. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.01.012

Table 3.

Hospital admission during SARS-CoV-2 infection in unvaccinated population by sex, age, ethnicity, and months of test in 1) <50 years 2) 50 years and above individuals not identified at risk of complication for COVID-19 and 3) individuals identified at risk, January 2021 until April 2021, England.

Hospital admission in people not identified at risk of complication for COVID-19
Variable Category Not admitted n(%) Hospital admission n(%) Crude OR(95% CI) Adjusted* OR(95% CI) LRT p-value
under 50 years
Episode n = 3535 Primary infection 3428 (97.00) 106 (3.00) 1 1
reinfection 2554 (96.82) 84 (3.18) 1.06 (0.80–1.42) 1.09 (0.81–1.46)
Age group (Years) n = 6173 <20 474 (97.53) 12 (2.47) 1.00 (0.53–1.90) 1.20 (1.03–1.41) 0.01
20 to 29 2020 (97.54) 51 (2.46) 1
30 to 39 1853 (96.81) 61 (3.19) 1.30 (0.89–1.90)
40 to 49 1636 (96.12) 66 (3.88) 1.60 (1.10–2.32)
Sex n = 6144 Women 4176 (96.89) 134 (3.11) 1 1 0.70
Men 1781 (97.11) 53 (2.89) 0.93 (0.67–1.28) 0.94 (0.68–1.30)
Ethnicity n = 5687 Asian 916 (96.12) 37 (3.88) 1.28 (0.88–1.86) 0.69
Black 239 (97.55) 6 (2.45) 0.80 (0.35–1.83)
Mixed 109 (95.61) 5 (4.39) 1.46 (0.58–3.63)
Other 173 (96.11) 7 (3.89) 1.29 (0.59–2.79)
White 4067 (96.95) 128 (3.05) 1
50 years and older
Episode n = 4806 Primary infection 2593 (83.92) 497 (16.08) 1 1
reinfection 1566 (91.26) 150 (8.74) 0.50 (0.41–0.61) 0.51 (0.42–0.63)
Age group (Years) n = 4808 50 to 59 1554 (95.99) 65 (4.01) 1 1 p<0.0001
60 to 69 682 (86.66) 105 (13.34) 3.68 (2.65–5.10) 3.36 (2.41–4.68)
70 to 79 432 (68.14) 202 (31.86) 11.18 (8.08–15.47) 9.45 (6.90–12.95)
80+ 1493 (84.45) 275 (15.55) 4.40 (3.31–5.85) 4.33 (3.23–5.79)
Sex n = 4801 Women 2978 (90.00) 331 (10.00) 1 1 p<0.0001
Men 1177 (78.89) 315 (21.11) 2.41 (2.03–2.86) 2.03 (1.70–2.44)
Ethnicity n = 4553 Asian 248 (85.22) 43 (14.78) 1.07 (0.77–1.50) 1.72 (1.19–2.48) 0.02
Black 90 (92.78) 7 (7.22) 0.48 (0.22–1.05) 0.66 (0.30–1.47)
Mixed 33 (97.06) 1 (2.94) 0.19 (0.03–1.38) 0.36 (0.05–2.66)
Other 49 (81.67) 11 (18.33) 1.39 (0.72–2.69) 1.52 (0.75–3.06)
White 3505 (86.10) 566 (13.90) 1
Hospital admission in people identified at risk of complication for COVID-19
Episode n = 3088 Primary infection 1665 (85.47) 283 (14.53) 1 1
reinfection 1024 (89.82) 116 (10.18) 0.67 (0.53–0.84) 0.66 (0.52–0.83)
Age group (Years) n = 3088 <20 42 (89.36) 5 (10.64) 1.36 (0.50–3.70) 1.17 (1.07–1.28) p<0.0001
20 to 29 343 (91.96) 30 (8.04) 1
30 to 39 465 (88.74) 59 (11.26) 1.45 (0.91–2.30)
40 to 49 604 (89.75) 69 (10.25) 1.31 (0.83–2.05)
50 to 59 881 (84.55) 161 (15.45) 2.09 (1.38–3.15)
60 to 65 354 (82.52) 75 (17.48) 2.42 (1.54–3.81)
Sex n = 3076 Women 1927 (90.81) 195 (9.19) 1 1 p<0.0001
Men 751 (78.72) 203 (21.28) 2.67 (2.15–3.32) 2.40 (1.92–2.99)
Ethnicity n = 2970 Asian 354 (85.51) 60 (14.49) 1.18 (0.87–1.59) 0.81
Black 150 (86.21) 24 (13.79) 1.11 (0.71–1.75)
Mixed 58 (90.63) 6 (9.38) 0.72 (0.31–1.69)
Other 52 (72.22) 20 (27.78) 2.68 (1.57–4.56)
White 1964 (87.44) 282 (12.56) 1
CEV n = 3088 No 2495 (89.46) 294 (10.54) 1 1 p<0.0001
Yes 194 (64.88) 105 (35.12) 4.59 (3.50–6.03) 3.96 (3.01–5.22)

Odd ratios adjusted for all variable in table provided the p-value for the likelihood ratio test is <0.05.