Table 2 Factors associated with death among patients with COVID-19 receiving lopinavir-ritonavir (n = 125).

From: High rate of major drug–drug interactions of lopinavir–ritonavir for COVID-19 treatment

Characteristic

N

Deaths

n (%)

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Univariate p value

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Multivariate p value

Agea ( years)

 < 0.001

 

 < 65 

64

3 (4.7)

    

 ≥ 65

61

23 (38)

12 (3.5–44)

   

Sex

0.819

 

0.980

Men

60

13 (22)

1.1 (0.5–2.6)

 

1.0 (0.4–2.9)

 

Women

65

13 (20)

    

Charlson index

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

0–2

62

1 (1.6)

  

Reference

 

3–4

37

9 (24)

19.6 (2.4–162)

 

18 (2.2–151)

0.008

 ≥ 5

26

16 (62)

98 (11–820)

 

85 (10–731)

 < 0.001

Drug-drug interactions

0.010

 

0.383

Not major

92

14 (15)

3.2 (1.3–7.9)

   

Major

33

12 (36)

  

1.6 (0.6–4.8)

 

Management

0.584

 

-

Infectious diseases unit

54

10 (19)

    

Other units

71

16 (23)

1.3 (0.5–3.1)

   
  1. aAge was not included in the multivariate analysis because the Charlson index contains this variable.