Risk factors for disease progression in COVID-19 patients

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Risk factors associated with progression to severe-stage COVID-19

Parameter	Beta coefficient	Standard error	Multivariable OR (95% CI)	p-value
Age	.060	.046	1.061 (0.971–1.161)	.192
Body temperature	.216	.070	1.241 (1.082–1.424)	.002*
Dyspnea	2.049	1.454	7.760 (0.6449–134.131)	.159
Myalgia	1.654	1.082	5.227 (0.627–46.550)	.126
Chills	1.844	.855	6.321 (1.183–33.772)	.031*
Findings of pneumonia in chest x-ray	2.541	.98.	12.690 (1.86.–86.602)	.010*
Diabetes	4.161	1.345	64.134 (4.593–895.479)	.002*
Hypertension	1.091	1.866	2.976 (0.770–115.224)	.559
Dyslipidemia	.185	2.459	1.203 (0.010–148.987)	.940

p-values were obtained by multivariate logistic analysis *Significant difference noted (p < .05)
OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval

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