Table 5 Risk factors of OS.

From: COVID-19 severity and mortality in patients with CLL: an update of the international ERIC and Campus CLL study

Risk factor

p value

Age (≥65 vs <65)

0.01

Age (≥75 vs <75)

<0.001

Gender (Male vs Female)

0.56

IGHV gene somatic hypermutation status (unmutateda vs mutatedb)

0.01

del(13q) (last assessment) (positive vs negative)

0.46

del(11q) (last assessment) (positive vs negative)

0.33

trisomy 12 (last assessment) (positive vs negative)

0.59

del(17p) (last assessment) (positive vs negative)

0.02

TP53 mutation status (unmutated vs mutated)

0.18

del(17p) positive and/or TP53 mutation (yes vs no)

0.1

CIRS score (> 6 vs ≤6)

<0.001

Other respiratory (YES vs NO)

0.82

Asthma (yes vs no)

0.49

COPD (yes vs no)

0.12

Cardiac Failure (yes vs no)

<0.001

Arrythmias (yes vs no)

0.38

Coronary artery disease (yes vs no)

0.06

Other cardiovascular (yes vs no)

0.16

Hypertension (yes vs no)

0.1

Diabetes (yes vs no)

0.52

Chronic renal disease (yes vs no)

0.02

Other hematological malignancies (yes vs no)

0.91

Other non-hematological malignancies (yes vs no)

0.87

Obesity (BMI>30) (yes vs no)

0.98

Smoking

0.8

Hypogammaglobulinemia (IgG <550 mg/dL) (present vs absent)

0.08

CLL treatment status (untreated vs treated)

<0.001

CLL treatment during COVID-19 (treated vs untreated)

<0.001

Treated in last 12 months (treated vs untreated)

0.01

Multivariate analysis

Risk factor

HR

95% CI

 

Age (years)

1.03

1.02–1.04

<0.001

Cardiac failure (yes vs no)

1.79

1.04–3.07

0.04

CLL treatment status (untreated vs treated)

0.54

0.41–0.72

<0.001

  1. IGHV immunoglobulin heavy variable, CIRS cumulative illness rating scale, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  2. aUnmutated: ≥98% germline identity.
  3. bMutated: <98% germline identity.