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. 2022 May 7;27(7):566–576. doi: 10.1111/nep.14045

TABLE 6.

Significant risk factors for death related to COVID‐19

Unadjusted OR Adjusted OR
OR (95% CI) p value OR (95% CI) p value
Patient factors
Age
<30 Ref Ref
31–50 years 6.05 (1.31, 28.04) .021 2.09 (0.41, 10.55) .373
51–70 years 40.83 (9.86, 169.05) <.001 7.71 (1.69, 35.22) .008
>70 years 218.33 (51.23, 930.54) <.001 29.38 (6.08, 142.03) <.001
Malay Ref Ref
Chinese 2.98 (1.65, 5.38) <.001 2.58 (1.06, 6.26) .036
Indian 1.13 (0.27, 4.70) .867 0.25 (0.03, 2.10) .199
Others 0.57 (0.31, 1.03) .064 1.82 (0.78, 4.26) .166
Comorbidities
Kidney disease 96.32 (54.02, 171.73) <.001 42.00 (21.58, 81.73) <.001
Diabetes mellitus 11.02 (6.98, 17.38) <.001 2.22 (1.20, 4.11) .011
Cardiac disease 12.39 (7.34, 20.92) <.001 NS
Hypertension 9.78 (6.12, 15.65) <.001 NS
Obesity 4.92 (1.93, 12.54) .001 NS
Pulmonary disease 5.06 (1.19, 21.55) .028 NS
Number of patients
≥200 Ref Ref
<200 1.45 (0.85, 2.46) .174 3.32 (1.09, 10.13) .035
Capacity for ventilated patients
≤4 Ref Ref
5–8 2.38 (0.92, 6.16) .075 6.04 (1.69, 21.61) .006
≥9 1.59 (0.63, 4.04) .330 6.00 (1.31, 27.38) .021
Number of KRT support
<3 Ref Ref
≥3 0.51 (0.32, 0.80) .003 0.37 (0.17, 0.79) .010

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; KRT, kidney replacement therapy; NS, not significant; OR, odds ratio.