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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
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