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. 2023 Mar 7;173:105039. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105039

Table 4.

Multivariable predictive Lasso model of hospital admission within COVID 19 patients who attended ER (N = 46,402).

Variables Beta (99 % CI) OR (99 % CI) p Importance Score
Sociodemographic variables
Gender 29.46
 Female Ref Ref
 Male 0.4 (0.31–0.5) 1.5 (1.37–1.64) <0.0001 2
Age (years) categorized 177.63
 18–39 Ref Ref
 40–49 0.72 (0.57–0.87) 2.05 (1.77–2.38) <0.0001 4
 50–59 1.18 (1.03–1.32) 3.25 (2.8–3.76) <0.0001 6
 60–69 1.65 (1.49–1.81) 5.22 (4.43–6.13) <0.0001 9
 70–79 2.09 (1.91–2.28) 8.12 (6.73–9.8) <0.0001 11
 80–89 2.35 (2.13–2.56) 10.45 (8.44–12.92) <0.0001 13
 >=90 2.26 (1.97–2.56) 9.62 (7.15–12.95) <0.0001 12
Vaccines 40.92
 2–3 doses Ref Ref
 1 dose 0.02 (−0.27–0.31) 1.02 (0.76–1.36) 0.86 0
 No dose 0.88 (0.71–1.04) 2.4 (2.03–2.84) <0.0001 5
Comorbidities
Liver disease 23.02
 No Ref Ref
 Mild 0.29 (0.09–0.49) 1.34 (1.1–1.64) <0.001 2
 Moderate/Severe 1.29 (0.61–1.96) 3.62 (1.84–7.12) <0.0001 7
Arterial hypertension 0.31 (0.19–0.42) 1.36 (1.21–1.52) <0.0001 61.30 2
Cystic fibrosis 0.52 (0.13–0.91) 1.68 (1.14–2.48) <0.001 18.64 3
Tumor 0.24 (0.05–0.43) 1.27 (1.05–1.54) <0.01 19.62 1
Heart failure 0.52 (0.31–0.73) 1.68 (1.37–2.07) <0.0001 39.61 3
Basic treatments
Immunosuppresants 0.78 (0.39–1.16) 2.18 (1.48–3.2) <0.0001 32.91 4
Chronic systemic steroids 0.33 (0.09–0.56) 1.39 (1.1–1.75) <0.001 24.10 2
Constants at ER
Temperature 32.33
  <37 Ref Ref
 37–38 0.46 (0.34–0.57) 1.58 (1.41–1.77) <0.0001 2
 >38 1.02 (0.82–1.23) 2.79 (2.27–3.42) <0.0001 6
 Missing 0.08 (−0.19–0.35) 1.08 (0.83–1.42) 0.45 0
SpO2 165.66
 >94 Ref Ref
 90–94 1.61 (1.46–1.76) 5 (4.29–5.81) <0.0001 9
 <90 2.4 (2.07–2.73) 11.02 (7.9–15.38) <0.0001 13
 Missing 0.35 (0.1–0.59) 1.41 (1.11–1.81) <0.001 2
Heart rate and blood pressure 29.39
 Normal Ref Ref
 Medium 0.18 (0.08–0.29) 1.2 (1.08–1.33) <0.0001 1
 High 0.39 (0.17–0.6) 1.47 (1.19–1.83) <0.0001 2
 Missing −0.17 (−0.45–0.12) 0.84 (0.64–1.12) 0.12 0
Train (99 %CI) Test (99 %CI)
AUC 0.8347 (0.8273–0.8420) 0.8327 (0.8253–0.8401) 0.8438 (0.8302–0.8575)
AUC_score continuous 0.8251 (0.8175–0.8327) 0.8227 (0.8152–0.8303) 0.8376 (0.8237–0.8516)
AUC_ score categorical (9,14,19,24) 0.8204 (0.8127–0.8281) 0.8178 (0.8100–0.8255) 0.8292 (0.8147–0.8437)
AUPRC 0.864 (0.8554–0.8721) 0.8641 (0.8555–0.8722) 0.7326 (0.7068–0.7569)
AUPRC_score continuous 0.8563 (0.8475–0.8646) 0.8562 (0.8475–0.8645) 0.7205 (0.6943–0.7452)
AUPRC score categorical (9,14,19,24) 0.8486 (0.8397–0.8571) 0.8454 (0.8364–0.854) 0.7031 (0.6765–0.7283)

SpO2: Oxygen saturation.

Risk score range: 0–62. Cut-off points of categorical scale at 9, 14, 19, 2.