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. 2022 May 24;134(23-24):856–867. doi: 10.1007/s00508-022-02036-9

Table 4.

Adjusted effect sizes (OR) with 95% CIs of risk factors for COVID-19 ICU admission

Diagnosis (group) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
(all)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
(male)
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
(female)
Renal disease 1.76 (1.61–1.92)*** 1.58 (1.41–1.77)*** 2.04 (1.77–2.36)***
Diabetes without complications 1.57 (1.46–1.69)*** 1.39 (1.27–1.52)*** 2.00 (1.77–2.26)***
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 1.53 (1.41–1.66)*** 1.52 (1.37–1.68)*** 1.56 (1.36–1.79)***
Diabetes with complications 1.51 (1.35–1.69)*** 1.64 (1.43–1.88)*** 1.29 (1.06–1.58)**
Rheumatoid disease 1.51 (1.24–1.83)*** 1.31 (0.96–1.78)* 1.61 (1.25–2.07)***
Mild liver disease 1.27 (1.15–1.41)*** 1.24 (1.09–1.41)*** 1.32 (1.10–1.58)***
Congestive heart failure 1.23 (1.12–1.34)*** 1.13 (1.00–1.27)** 1.44 (1.24–1.68)***
Moderate or severe liver disease 1.18 (0.87–1.60) 1.17 (0.82–1.68) 1.37 (0.78–2.42)
Peripheral vascular disease 1.14 (1.04–1.25)*** 1.12 (1.00–1.25)** 1.27 (1.07–1.50)***
Hemiplegia or paraplegia 1.10 (0.84–1.46) 1.18 (0.85–1.64) 0.97 (0.57–1.64)
Cerebrovascular disease 1.06 (0.97–1.15) 0.99 (0.89–1.10) 1.20 (1.04–1.38)**
Peptic ulcer disease 0.99 (0.80–1.23) 0.94 (0.72–1.23) 1.06 (0.74–1.52)
Acute myocardial infarction 0.99 (0.87–1.12) 0.95 (0.82–1.11) 1.12 (0.88–1.44)
Cancer (any malignancy) 0.97 (0.89–1.06) 0.94 (0.84–1.04) 1.04 (0.89–1.21)
AIDS/HIV 0.81 (0.30–2.16) 0.59 (0.17–2.00) 2.18 (0.35–13.42)
Metastatic solid tumour 0.67 (0.53–0.84)*** 0.57 (0.43–0.77)*** 0.91 (0.62–1.32)
Dementia 0.56 (0.47–0.67)*** 0.50 (0.39–0.65)*** 0.63 (0.49–0.81)***
Total number of observations 47,028 29,418 17,610

Authors’ calculation based on [16, 17]

*, **, *** refer to significance at the p < 0.10, p < 0.05, and p < 0.01 level, respectively. Results refer to odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) obtained from logistic regression; analyses were adjusted for age group, sex and health care region