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Table 4 Risk factors for the severity of illness in patients with COVID-19

From: Clinical characteristics of different subtypes and risk factors for the severity of illness in patients with COVID-19 in Zhejiang, China

Variables

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

OR

95% CI

Pvalue

OR

95% CI

Pvalue

Age (years)

  ≥ 66

111.8

38.7–323.2

<  0.001

56.5

17.1–186.5

< 0.001

 41–65

29.0

11.2–74.9

<  0.001

14.8

5.2–42.1

< 0.001

 19–40

16.4

6.3–42.3

<  0.001

12.7

4.5–35.9

< 0.001

  ≤ 18

1.0

  

1.0

  

Sex (male)

1.6

1.1–2.3

0.024

1.7

1.2–2.6

0.008

Current smoker

1.5

0.7–3.1

0.255

   

Family cluster

0.5

0.3–0.8

0.007

0.9

0.5–1.4

0.579

Exposure History in Wuhan

1.1

0.8–1.6

0.608

   

Time from illness onset to first hospital admission

1.1

1.0–1.2

< 0.001

1.1

1.0–1.1

0.071

Symptoms

 Fever

4.3

2.6–7.1

< 0.001

3.6

2.1–6.3

<  0.001

 Cough

2.7

1.8–4.1

< 0.001

1.7

1.0–3.0

0.041

 Sputum production

2.2

1.5–3.4

< 0.001

1.3

1.0–2.1

0.366

 Hemoptysis

7.7

2.8–21.3

< 0.001

3.4

1.1–10.3

0.032

 Sore throat

0.8

0.4–1.3

0.345

   

 Nasal obstruction

0.3

0.2–0.7

0.005

0.6

0.2–1.4

0.223

 Myalgia

2.6

1.5–4.5

0.001

1.8

1.0–3.4

0.063

 Fatigue

1.8

1.1–2.8

0.022

1.3

0.7–2.2

0.371

 gastrointestinal symptoms

2.1

1.2–3.6

0.012

1.9

1.0–3.5

0.047

 Headache

2.0

1.1–3.6

0.030

2.0

1.0–4.0

0.052

Coexisting disorder

 Any

3.8

2.5–5.9

< 0.001

1.2

0.6–2.4

0.660

 Hypertension

4.9

3.0–7.8

< 0.001

2.6

1.2–5.6

0.013

 Heart disease

2.5

0.6–10.1

0.189

   

 Diabetes

2.4

1.2–4.6

0.009

0.8

0.4–1.9

0.675

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

42.0

4.9–363.9

0.001

7.7

0.8–75.6

0.081

 Cancer

7.3

1.5–35.2

0.013

3.7

0.6–22.2

0.149

 Chronic liver disease

1.6

0.6–3.9

0.335

   

 Chronic renal disease

4.3

0.9–20.6

0.065

   
  1. OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval