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. 2022 Apr 6;10(10):3047–3059. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i10.3047

Table 6.

Associations of risk factors with severe cases incident risk of coronavirus disease 2019

Variable
OR (95%CI)
P for overall association
P for nonlinear association
Model 1
Model 2


Age (per year increase) 1.06 (1.04, 1.08) 1.04 (1.01, 1.07) 0.010 0.192
WBC (per 1 × 109/L increase) 1.27 (1.11, 1.46) 1.20 (1.01, 1.45) 0.003 0.046
FBG (per 1 mmol/L increase) 1.19 (1.07, 1.33) 1.15 (1.01, 1.32) 0.036 0.064
Total cholesterol (per 1 mmol/L increase) 1.43 (1.07, 1.91) 1.65 (1.09, 2.50) 0.028 0.260
LDH (per 10 U/L increase) 1.09 (1.05, 1.13) 1.06 (1.02, 1.10) 0.009 0.268
Procalcitonin (per 1 ng/mL increase of NLT) 2.26 (1.68, 3.05) 1.75 (1.16, 2.65) 0.007 0.099

Hazard ratios are reported per 1-SD increase in loge D-dimer (DD) and Procalcitonin levels; 1-SD higher loge DD and procalcitonin was approximately equivalent to 2-fold higher DD and Procalcitonin. Model 1: Adjusted age, sex. Model 2: Adjusted model 1 plus smoking status, history of hypertension, diabetes, cancers, cardiac disease, and chronic pulmonary disease, systolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, total cholesterol, triglyceride, white blood cell count, C-reactive protein, creatinine, DD, LDH, procalcitonin. LDH: Lactate dehydrogenase; NLT: Natural log-transformation. CI: Confidence interval.