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. 2022 Mar 15;8(3):e32831. doi: 10.2196/32831

Table 4.

Multiple logistic regression of factors associated with COVID-19 severity and mortality.

Covariates Factors associated with COVID-19 severity Factors associated with COVID-19 mortality
Sex (female vs male) b N/Ac 0.8 (0.7-1) .02
Age (years)

<40 (reference) N/A N/A N/A N/A

40-59 2 (1.7-2.4) <.001 1.9 (1.5-2.5) <.001

≥60 3.1 (2.6-3.8) <.001 4 (3.1-5.3) <.001
Profession

Health care workers (reference) N/A N/A N/A N/A

Non–health care workers 2 (1.2-3.1) .004 2.4 (1-5.6) .04
History of contact with patient with COVID-19 (no vs yes) 2.8 (2.4-3.2) <.001 1.4 (1.2-1.7) <.001
Diabetes mellitus (yes vs no) 1.4 (1.2-1.7) <.001 1.6 (1.3-1.9) <.001
Hypertension (yes vs no) 1.2 (1-1.5) .03 1.3 (1.1-1.6) .003
Heart diseases (yes vs no) 1.7 (1.3-2.2) <.001 1.8 (1.4-2.3) <.001
Renal disease (yes vs no) 3.3 (2.1-5.2) <.001 N/A
Respiratory diseases (yes vs no) N/A 2.1 (1.2-3.7) .009
Malignancy (yes vs no) N/A 1.8 (1-3.3) .04
Symptomatic (yes vs no) N/A 4.5 (1.6-12.6) .004
Smoking (ever vs never) 9.7 (5.1-18.5) <.001 N/A

aOR: odds ratio.

bNot entered in the model because the variable was not statistically significant.

cN/A: not applicable.