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. 2022 Jun 16;12:100297. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2022.100297

Table 3.

Factors associated with severe clinical outcomes among persons with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Northern California, stratified by time periods of predominant Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant (December 18, 2021-January 7, 2022, n=48,101) and Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant (July 5, 2021-November 30, 2021, n=69,977) transmission.

Any Hospitalization
Hospitalization with low-flow oxygen support
Hospitalization with high-flow oxygen support or NIPPV
Hospitalization with invasive mechanical ventilation
Death
Characteristic n
(%)
aHR
(CI)
n
(%)
aHR
(CI)
n
(%)
aHR
(CI)
n
(%)
aHR
(CI)
n
(%)
aHR
(CI)
Time period
Delta,
July 5, 2021-Nov 30, 2021
5,445
(7.8%)
1.0 4,483
(6.4%)
1.0 1,980
(2.8%)
1.0 521
(0.7%)
1.0 398
(0.7%)
1.0
Omicron,
Dec 18, 2021-Jan 7, 2022
1,169
(2.4%)
0.55
(0.51, 0.59)
773
(1.6%)
0.46
(0.43, 0.5)
302
(0.6%)
0.47
(0.41, 0.54)
70
(0.1%)
0.43
(0.33, 0.56)
83
(0.2%)
0.54
(0.42, 0.7)
Age, years
 0-17 81
(0.4%)
0.12
(0.1, 0.16)
39
(0.2%)
0.09
(0.07, 0.13)
16
(0.1%)
0.13
(0.08, 0.21)
3
(0.0%)
0.11
(0.04, 0.37)
2
(0.0%)
0.2
(0.05, 0.87)
 18-39 1,253
(2.9%)
1.0 812
(1.9%)
1.0 285
(0.7%)
1.0 52
(0.1%)
1.0 18
(0.0%)
1.0
 40-49 924
(4.7%)
1.61
(1.48, 1.76)
778
(4.0%)
2.07
(1.87, 2.29)
360
(1.8%)
2.69
(2.3, 3.15)
85
(0.4%)
3.49
(2.47, 4.95)
35
(0.2%)
4.23
(2.36, 7.59)
 50-59 1,184
(7.4%)
2.67
(2.46, 2.9)
1,023
(6.4%)
3.6
(3.27, 3.97)
494
(3.1%)
5
(4.3, 5.81)
134
(0.8%)
7.36
(5.3, 10.22)
74
(0.5%)
11.2
(6.56, 19.12)
 60-69 1,225
(11.5%)
3.94
(3.6, 4.3)
1,042
(9.8%)
5.5
(4.97, 6.09)
521
(4.9%)
8.23
(7.04, 9.63)
164
(1.5%)
13.66
(9.78, 19.06)
94
(0.9%)
19.65
(11.51, 33.57)
 70-79 1,003
(20.2%)
5.86
(5.27, 6.52)
831
(16.7%)
8.32
(7.36, 9.39)
370
(7.4%)
11.77
(9.77, 14.19)
111
(2.2%)
17.27
(11.75, 25.37)
133
(2.7%)
45.8
(26.42, 79.38)
 80+ 954
(40.9%)
10.99
(9.75, 12.39)
731
(31.4%)
15.13
(13.18, 17.37)
236
(10.1%)
16.16
(12.96, 20.14)
42
(1.8%)
14.16
(8.76, 22.86)
205
(8.8%)
127.58
(72.86, 223.39)
Sex
 Female 3,339
(5.2%)
1.0 2,524
(3.9%)
1.0 964
(1.5%)
1.0 253
(0.4%)
1.0 231
(0.4%)
1.0
 Male 3,285
(6.1%)
1.29
(1.23, 1.36)
2,732
(5.1%)
1.42
(1.34, 1.5)
1,318
(2.5%)
1.84
(1.69, 2.01)
338
(0.6%)
1.77
(1.49, 2.09)
330
(0.6%)
2.06
(1.73, 2.46)
Race/Ethnicity
 LatinX/Hispanic Ethnicity 1,756
(5.3%)
1.24
(1.16, 1.31)
1,394
(4.2%)
1.24
(1.16, 1.33)
620
(1.9%)
1.36
(1.22, 1.5)
154
(0.5%)
1.41
(1.15, 1.72)
123
(0.4%)
1.24
(1, 1.53)
 Black/African Descent 904
(7.2%)
1.24
(1.15, 1.34)
690
(5.5%)
1.15
(1.06, 1.26)
273
(2.2%)
1.06
(0.93, 1.22)
71
(0.6%)
1.08
(0.82, 1.41)
60
(0.5%)
0.93
(0.7, 1.24)
 Asian Descent 670
(3.9%)
1.54
(1.41, 1.68)
498
(2.9%)
1.51
(1.36, 1.67)
243
(1.4%)
2.15
(1.86, 2.48)
63
(0.4%)
2.26
(1.69, 3)
52
(0.3%)
1.62
(1.19, 2.21)
 White/European or Middle Eastern Descent 3,036
(6.6%)
1.0 2,468
(5.4%)
1.0 1,034
(2.2%)
1.0 269
(0.6%)
1.0 303
(0.7%)
1.0
 Other/Unknown 258
(2.8%)
0.94
(0.82, 1.07)
206
(2.3%)
0.94
(0.81, 1.08)
112
(1.2%)
1.2
(0.98, 1.46)
34
(0.4%)
1.42
(0.99, 2.04)
23
(0.3%)
1.38
(0.9, 2.12)
Charlson Co-Morbidity Index Score
 Missing
(no visits in prior year)
431
(4.0%)
1.28
(1.15, 1.42)
369
(3.4%)
1.34
(1.19, 1.5)
180
(1.7%)
1.39
(1.18, 1.63)
62
(0.6%)
2.23
(1.67, 2.98)
35
(0.3%)
2.71
(1.83, 4.03)
 Score 0 2,567
(3.2%)
1.0 1,979
(2.4%)
1.0 860
(1.1%)
1.0 190
(0.2%)
1.0 89
(0.1%)
1.0
 Score 1 1,045
(6.9%)
1.21
(1.1, 1.32)
846
(5.6%)
1.09
(0.98, 1.21)
396
(2.6%)
1.07
(0.92, 1.25)
99
(0.7%)
1.09
(0.8, 1.48)
77
(0.5%)
1.81
(1.28, 2.55)
 Score 2 660
(13.9%)
1.45
(1.29, 1.64)
543
(11.4%)
1.29
(1.13, 1.47)
232
(4.9%)
1.11
(0.91, 1.36)
58
(1.2%)
1.06
(0.71, 1.59)
64
(1.3%)
2.07
(1.39, 3.07)
 Score 3+ 1,921
(29.7%)
1.88
(1.61, 2.19)
1,519
(23.5%)
1.54
(1.29, 1.84)
614
(9.5%)
1.3
(0.99, 1.71)
182
(2.8%)
1.62
(0.97, 2.69)
296
(4.6%)
3.02
(1.91, 4.76)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 1,421
(11.2%)
1.13
(1.05, 1.21)
1,191
(9.4%)
1.31
(1.21, 1.42)
512
(4.0%)
1.39
(1.23, 1.57)
137
(1.1%)
1.33
(1.05, 1.69)
173
(1.4%)
1.2
(0.98, 1.47)
Diabetes 1,891
(18.3%)
1.22
(1.13, 1.32)
1,556
(15.1%)
1.3
(1.19, 1.42)
706
(6.8%)
1.37
(1.2, 1.57)
208
(2.0%)
1.48
(1.14, 1.93)
227
(2.2%)
1.15
(0.93, 1.43)
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease 2,135
(26.2%)
1.39
(1.27, 1.51)
1,684
(20.7%)
1.34
(1.22, 1.49)
669
(8.2%)
1.26
(1.09, 1.47)
193
(2.4%)
1.47
(1.11, 1.95)
314
(3.9%)
1.14
(0.88, 1.47)
Renal disease 1,265
(33.1%)
1.44
(1.31, 1.58)
990
(25.9%)
1.43
(1.29, 1.59)
398
(10.4%)
1.44
(1.23, 1.7)
113
(3.0%)
1.41
(1.04, 1.89)
201
(5.3%)
1.39
(1.09, 1.76)
Cancer 408
(21.1%)
1.26
(1.13, 1.41)
320
(16.5%)
1.3
(1.14, 1.48)
133
(6.9%)
1.36
(1.11, 1.66)
36
(1.9%)
1.24
(0.85, 1.81)
72
(3.7%)
1.62
(1.23, 2.14)
Rheumatologic disease 166
(17.1%)
1.21
(1.03, 1.41)
146
(15.0%)
1.37
(1.16, 1.63)
58
(6.0%)
1.41
(1.08, 1.85)
14
(1.4%)
1.18
(0.68, 2.04)
19
(2.0%)
1.18
(0.74, 1.89)
Dementia 346
(57.8%)
2.01
(1.78, 2.27)
250
(41.7%)
1.74
(1.5, 2)
76
(12.7%)
1.32
(1.02, 1.7)
13
(2.2%)
0.95
(0.53, 1.7)
74
(12.4%)
1.91
(1.45, 2.51)
Body mass index
 <25 1,268
(3.6%)
1.0 896
(2.5%)
1.0 308
(0.9%)
1.0 85
(0.2%)
1.0 156
(0.4%)
1.0
 25-29.9 1,797
(5.7%)
1.09
(1.01, 1.18)
1,388
(4.4%)
1.17
(1.07, 1.27)
556
(1.8%)
1.28
(1.11, 1.48)
123
(0.4%)
0.91
(0.69, 1.21)
141
(0.5%)
0.78
(0.62, 0.99)
 30-34.9 1,626
(7.5%)
1.39
(1.29, 1.5)
1,348
(6.2%)
1.56
(1.43, 1.71)
604
(2.8%)
1.94
(1.68, 2.25)
147
(0.7%)
1.48
(1.12, 1.96)
116
(0.5%)
1.07
(0.82, 1.38)
 35-39.9 889
(8.6%)
1.7
(1.55, 1.86)
752
(7.3%)
1.98
(1.79, 2.2)
360
(3.5%)
2.68
(2.28, 3.14)
102
(1.0%)
2.39
(1.77, 3.23)
72
(0.7%)
1.59
(1.18, 2.14)
 >=40 998
(11.9%)
2.54
(2.32, 2.78)
837
(10.0%)
2.96
(2.67, 3.28)
444
(5.3%)
4.53
(3.87, 5.31)
134
(1.6%)
4.11
(3.06, 5.51)
73
(0.9%)
2.37
(1.74, 3.22)
COVID-19 vaccination
 None 4,237
(8.5%)
8.34
(7.25, 9.6)
3,582
(7.2%)
9.88
(8.3, 11.76)
1,684
(3.4%)
13.71
(10.2, 18.42)
463
(0.9%)
11.65
(6.78, 20.02)
366
(0.7%)
12.18
(7.32, 20.26)
 Complete primary series 1,914
(3.7%)
1.72
(1.49, 1.97)
1,343
(2.6%)
1.63
(1.37, 1.95)
473
(0.9%)
1.75
(1.29, 2.36)
97
(0.2%)
1.1
(0.63, 1.93)
152
(0.3%)
1.82
(1.08, 3.06)
 Completed primary series + additional dose 248
(2.1%)
1.0 162
(1.4%)
1.0 53
(0.4%)
1.0 16
(0.1%)
1.0 18
(0.2%)
1.0
 Other
(partial/mixed/other)
225
(5.5%)
3.63
(3.01, 4.38)
169
(4.1%)
3.86
(3.08, 4.84)
72
(1.8%)
4.75
(3.28, 6.89)
15
(0.4%)
3.14
(1.51, 6.52)
25
(0.6%)
6.21
(3.3, 11.67)
Prior SARS-CoV-2 infection 149
(4.3%)
1
(0.85, 1.18)
76
(2.2%)
0.67
(0.53, 0.84)
21
(0.6%)
0.4
(0.26, 0.61)
3
(0.1%)
0.23
(0.07, 0.7)
10
(0.3%)
0.72
(0.38, 1.36)
Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody outpatient treatment 74
(6.5%)
0.33
(0.26, 0.41)
58
(5.1%)
0.31
(0.24, 0.41)
15
(1.3%)
0.21
(0.13, 0.35)
1
(0.1%)
0.05
(0.01, 0.37)
1
(0.1%)
0.04
(0.01, 0.31)

aHR = adjusted hazard ratio using cox proportional hazards models to assess the association between SARS-CoV-2 infection during a period with predominant Omicron variant circulation versus predominant Delta variant circulation adjusted for demographics, clinical comorbidities and vaccination status.

*Treatment with bamlanivimab plus etesevimab, casirivimab plus imdevimab, or sotrovimab as an outpatient.

Abbreviations: NIPPV = Non-invasive positive pressure mechanical ventilation.