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. 2022 Mar 24;3:160–167. doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.03.017

Table 4.

Characteristics associated with death among hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in Waves 1 and 2, Uganda, 2020–2021.

Characteristics Wave 1
Wave 2
Wave 1
Wave 2
Died (n=12)n (%) Survived (n=188)n (%) Died (n=53)n (%) Survived (n=147)n (%) OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) P
Sex
 Female 3 (25) 50 (27) 18 (33) 74 (50) 1.00 (REF) 1.00 (REF)
 Male 9 (75) 138 (73) 35 (67) 73 (50) 1.1 (0.3–4.2) 0.9 2.0 (1.0–3.8) 0.04
Age (years)
 <55 2 (17) 154 (82) 19 (36) 105 (72) 1.00 (REF) 1.00 (REF)
 ≥55 10 (83) 34 (18) 34 (65) 40 (28) 22.6 (4.7–108) <0.0001 4.7 (2.4–9.2) <0.0001
Comorbidities
 None 4 (33) 117 (62) 21 (38) 76 (52) 1.00 (REF) 1.00 (REF)
 Hypertension 4 (33) 31 (16) 14 (27) 23 (16) 3.8 (0.8–15.9) 0.07 2.2 (1.0–5.0) 0.06
 Diabetes 1 (20) 8 (6) 2 (9) 9 (10) 3.7 (0.4–36.7) 0.3 0.8 (0.2–4.0) 0.8
 Hypertension and diabetes 2 (33) 13 (10) 11 (34) 10 (12) 4.5 (0.8–27) 0.07 4.0 (1.5–10.6) 0.004
 Other comorbidities 1 (20) 0 (0) 5 (19) 29 (28) 78.3 (2.8–2202) 0.01 0.6 (0.2–1.8) 0.4
Age and co-morbidities
 <55 years/none 1 (9) 104 (55) 8 (15) 56 (38) 1.00 (REF) 1.00 (REF)
 <55 years/hypertension 0 (0) 28 (21) 4 (8) 11 (7) 1.2 (0.1–31.9) 0.9 2.5 (0.7–9.9) 0.17
 <55 years/other comorbidities 2 (17) 27 (14) 4 (8) 32 (22) 7.7 (0.7–88.1) 0.10 0.9 (0.2–3.1) 0.83
 ≥55 years/none 3 (27) 13 (7) 13 (25) 18 (12) 24.0 (2.3–248) 0.007 5.1 (1.8–14.1) 0.002
 ≥55 years/hypertension 4 (33) 9 (5) 10 (19) 12 (8) 46.0 (4.7–459) 0.001 5.8 (1.9–17.9) 0.002
 ≥55 years/other comorbidities 1 (19) 5 (3) 2 (4) 5 93 (3) 20.8 (1.1–383) 0.04 2.8 (0.5–16.9) 0.2
Vaccination status
 Unvaccinated NA NA NA NA 49 (94) 139 (95) NA NA 1.00 (REF)
 Partially vaccinated NA NA NA NA 3 (6) 8 (5) NA NA 1.1 (0.27–4.2) 0.92

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

Where zeros in cells interfered with obtaining an interpretable OR, 0.5 was added to all cells.