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Table 3 Patient Factors Significantly Associated with Hospital Mortality (Multiple Logistic Regression, C-Statistics = 80.6%)

From: Geriatrics-focused indicators predict mortality more than age in older adults hospitalized with COVID-19

Patient Characteristics

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

p-value

Male

1.06 (1.03, 1.09)

< 0.001

Asian

1.08 (1.03, 1.13)

< 0.001

Hypertension

1.02 (0.98, 1.07)

0.268

Chronic Kidney Disease

1.05 (1.01, 1.09)

0.008

Interstitial Lung Disease

1.35 (1.28, 1.42)

< 0.001

BMI < 25

1.03 (1.00, 1.07)

0.030

Comorbidity Indexa

1.01 (1.01, 1.02)

< 0.001

Admission from facility

1.14 (1.09, 1.20)

< 0.001

Early DNRb

1.38 (1.22, 1.57)

< 0.001

MEWSc > 4 (severely-ill)

1.47 (1.40, 1.54)

< 0.001

Nasal Cannulad

1.17 (1.14, 1.21)

< 0.001

Nonrebreatherd

1.34 (1.28, 1.40)

< 0.001

Mechanical Ventilationd

1.52 (1.43, 1.62)

< 0.001

Effect of Age if history of Hypertensione

0.97 (0.94, 0.99)

0.015

Effect of Age if early DNRe

0.92 (0.87, 0.98)

0.007

Effect of Age if Admission from a Facilitye

0.97 (0.95, 1.00)

0.063

Effect of Age if MEWS ≥4 (Critically-Ill)e

0.96 (0.94, 0.99)

0.012

  1. a Comorbidity Index = Charlson Comorbidity Index (without age component)
  2. b DNR Do-Not-Resuscitate
  3. c MEWS Modified Early Warning Score
  4. d First Documented Oxygen Delivery
  5. eAge is centered at 65 years of age and rescaled to a unit of 10 years