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Table 4 Association between preexisting respiratory disease/smoking and severe disease outcomes- Mortality, Mechanical ventilation and ICU admission (using stepwise regression, forward selection Wald approach)

From: Preexisting respiratory diseases and clinical outcomes in COVID-19: a multihospital cohort study on predominantly African American population

Mortality

ICU Admission

Mechanical ventilation

OR (95% CI)

p-value

OR (95% CI)

p-value

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Preexisting respiratory diseases

 1.38 (1.10–1.74)*

0.005

1.34 (1.08–1.66)**

0.009

1.34 (1.07–1.69)***

0.01

Smoking

 NS

 

1.28(1.04–1.57)^

0.02

NS

 
  1. *Variables in the optimal model- age, sex, BMI, diabetes, chronic kidney disease and preexisting respiratory diseases
  2. **Variables in the optimal model- age, sex, BMI, diabetes, chronic kidney disease and preexisting respiratory diseases
  3. ***Variables in the optimal model- age, sex, BMI, diabetes, hypertension, and preexisting respiratory diseases
  4. ^Variables in the optimal model- age, sex, BMI, diabetes, chronic kidney disease and smoking
  5. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, NS nonsignificant
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