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. 2022 May 4;17(5):e0267584. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267584

Table 2. COVID-19 outcomes by cancer status and types.

  Mortality a Hospitalization a ICU a Ventilator a
Cancer subtype (n) ARR (95% CI) p-value ARR (95% CI) p-value ARR (95% CI) p-value ARR (95% CI) p-value
    None (253,179) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference) 1.00 (Reference)
    Cancer (18,460) 1.07 (1.01–1.14) 0.028 1.04 (1.01–1.07) 0.006 0.97 (0.91–1.04) 0.41 0.95 (0.86–1.05) 0.29
    History of cancer (8,034) 0.95 (0.87–1.03) 0.22 0.96 (0.92–1.01) 0.093 0.90 (0.82–0.99) 0.035 0.81 (0.70–0.94) 0.007
    Recent cancer (10,426) 1.17 (1.08–1.25) <0.001 1.10 (1.06–1.14) <0.001 1.02 (0.95–1.11) 0.54 1.05 (0.93–1.17) 0.45
Subgroup by recent cancer type
    Metastatic (1580) 2.09 (1.82–2.39) <0.001 1.26 (1.16–1.37) <0.001 1.33 (1.13–1.56) 0.001 1.32 (1.04–1.68) 0.021
    Solid (8952) 1.12 (1.04–1.22) 0.004 1.05 (1.00–1.09) 0.03 0.97 (0.89–1.06) 0.52 0.95 (0.84–1.08) 0.453
    Hematological (2224) 1.48 (1.30–1.68) <0.001 1.31 (1.22–1.40) <0.001 1.27 (1.10–1.46) 0.001 1.41 (1.16–1.72) 0.001
Cancer types
    Bladder (476) 0.80 (0.62–1.05) 0.11 1.02 (0.88–1.17) 0.80 1.03 (0.77–1.36) 0.86 0.81 (0.51–1.27) 0.35
    Breast† (2143) 1.08 (0.88–1.32) 0.47 0.99 (0.90–1.09) 0.876 0.92 (0.74–1.13) 0.409 1.06 (0.78–1.45) 0.70
    Colorectal (794) 0.91 (0.69–1.19) 0.50 1.05 (0.93–1.20) 0.42 0.81 (0.61–1.07) 0.14 0.90 (0.61–1.35) 0.62
    Endometrial (291)b 1.62 (0.96–2.74) 0.07 1.15 (0.90–1.46) 0.27 1.58 (1.03–2.41) 0.04 1.53 (0.81–2.90) 0.19
    Kidney (474) 1.15 (0.86–1.53) 0.34 1.06 (0.91–1.22) 0.46 0.80 (0.57–1.13) 0.202 0.79 (0.49–1.30) 0.36
    Leukemia (681) 1.58 (1.29–1.93) <0.001 1.49 (1.34–1.66) <0.001 1.38 (1.09–1.76) 0.008 1.73 (1.28–2.35) <0.001
    Liver (207) 2.46 (1.80–3.36) <0.001 1.23 (1.00–1.51) 0.05 0.96 (0.62–1.49) 0.85 1.14 (0.63–2.05) 0.67
    Lung (887) 1.85 (1.58–2.17) <0.001 1.31 (1.19–1.44) <0.001 1.35 (1.12–1.63) 0.002 1.21 (0.89–1.63) 0.22
    Melanoma (409) 0.96 (0.67–1.38) 0.82 0.86 (0.69–1.06) 0.163 0.89 (0.57–1.38) 0.61 0.58 (0.27–1.27) 0.177
    Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (692) 1.02 (0.78–1.33) 0.89 1.23 (1.09–1.40) 0.001 1.02 (0.77–1.35) 0.90 1.49 (1.06–2.11) 0.02
    Pancreatic (121) 1.94 (1.19–3.16) 0.008 0.98 (0.71–1.35) 0.91 0.72 (0.35–1.46) 0.363 0.84 (0.33–2.12) 0.71
    Prostate (1781)c 0.82 (0.70–0.96) 0.015 0.95 (0.88–1.02) 0.177 0.81 (0.68–0.96) 0.017 0.78 (0.60–1.01) 0.055
    Thyroid (476) 0.83 (0.46–1.51) 0.55 0.76 (0.59–0.98) 0.035 0.58 (0.30–1.11) 0.10 0.38 (0.12–1.19) 0.10

aAdjusted relative risk (ARR) were estimated from modified multivariable Poisson regressions in reference to non-cancer group. All RRs were adjusted for age-group, sex (except breast, endometrial and prostate cancers), race/ethnicity, insurance type, regions, chronic pulmonary, cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, peripheral vascular, diabetes, obesity, liver, and renal diseases.

bAnalysis was limited to female only.

cAnalysis was limited to male only.