Table 5.

Impact of increases in coverage of oximetry on the characteristics of people admitted to hospital with COVID-19 or suspected COVID-19.

Characteristic	% change with each 10% increase in coverage (95% confidence interval)
Proportion non-white ethnicity	0.43%	(−8.99%, 10.82%)
Proportion female	0.07%	(−1.93%, 2.11%)
Proportion resident in most deprived areas (by quintile)	0.30%	(−7.19%, 8.41%)
Proportion with Charlson scores > 5	−2.75%	(−6.37%, 1.00%)
	Change in mean age with each 10% increase in coverage(95% confidence interval)
Mean age	−3.9 months	(−7.9, 0.2)