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Table 2 Risk factors associated with the clinical outcome (death or hospital discharge) of COVID-19 patients using Cox proportional hazards models

From: Association between inflammatory cytokines and anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

 

Univariate analysis*

Multivariate analysis

HR (95% CI)

P-value

HR (95% CI)

P-value

Male gender

2.23 (1.60 to 3.12)

0.016

  

Patient age &

1.05 (1.03 to 1.06)

9.8 × 10−4

1.07 (1.04 to 1.09)

0.002

Baseline disease severity

24.2 (13.3 to 44.1)

1.1 × 10−7

38.0 (12.9 to 111.3)

7 × 10− 4

Baseline symptoms

 Fatigue

2.02 (1.48 to 2.75)

0.023

  

Baseline comorbidity

 Cardiovascular disease

2.33 (1.54 to 3.53)

0.041

  

Blood routine biomarkers

 White blood cells

1.18 (1.15 to 1.21)

3 × 10−10

  

 Neutrophils

1.14 (1.11 to 1.16)

2.2 × 10−9

  

 Lymphocytes

0.03 (0.02 to 0.06)

6 × 10− 10

  

Coagulation biomarkers

 D-dimer

1.10 (1.08 to 1.12)

5.4 × 10−8

1.09 (1.06 to 1.13)

0.006

 Prothrombin time

1.57 (1.43 to 1.72)

9.6 × 10−7

  

Biochemistry biomarkers

 Albumin

0.85 (0.82 to 0.87)

4.8 × 10−4

  

 Aspartate aminotransferase

1.02 (1.01 to 1.03)

6.2 × 10− 4

  

 Total cholesterol

0.56 (0.46 to 0.67)

0.0017

  

 Total bilirubin

1.08 (1.06 to 1.11)

0.0001

  

 Blood urea nitrogen

1.15 (1.12 to 1.17)

8.3 × 10−3

  

 Creatinine

1.02 (1.01 to 1.02)

6.3 × 10−5

  

Cardiac biomarkers

 Troponin I

1.03 (1.02 to 1.03)

5 × 10−3

  

 Myocardial creatine kinase

1.38 (1.29 to 1.49)

7.6 × 10−6

  

Inflammatory biomarkers

 C-reactive protein

1.01 (1.01 to 1.01)

5.9 × 10−9

  

 Procalcitonin

8.38 (5.56 to 12.6)

2.2 × 10−7

  

 IL-6

1.11 (1.10 to 1.13)

3 × 10−14

1.12 (1.10 to 1.14)

0.025

 IL-8

1.02 (1.01 to 1.02)

6.2 × 10−7

  

 IL-10

1.03 (1.02 to 1.04)

2.7 × 10−4

  

 TNF-α

1.04 (1.03 to 1.06)

6.6 × 10−3

  
  1. *: A total of 62 biomarkers were tested in our survival analysis and only variables with a significant hazard ratio (HR) at the significance level of p-value < 0.05 are listed in the table
  2. &: Increase per year