Table 2.

Final Multivariable Logistic Model for the Association With Death. Fast-Backward Step-Down Variable Selection With Total Residual AIC as Stopping Rule

Variables	OR (95% CI); p Value
Age (>65 vs. ≤65 y)	1.71 (1.29–2.25); 0.0001
ECOG-PS (≥2 vs. 0–1)	2.47 (1.86–3.26); <0.0001
Stage at COVID-19 diagnosis (VI vs. <IV)	1.96 (1.45–2.65); <0.0001
Neutrophils (> vs. ≤ULN)	2.46 (1.76–3.44); <0.0001
Procalcitonin (> vs. ≤ULN)	2.37 (1.63–3.43); <0.0001
CRP (> vs. ≤ULN)	1.89 (1.43–3.43); <0.0001
Pneumonia (yes vs. no)	1.95 (1.48–2.57); <0.0001

AIC, Akaike information criteria; CI, confidence interval; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; CRP, C-reactive protein; ECOG-PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group—performance status; ULN, upper limit of normal.