Table 2 Univariable analysis in whole population: OS stratified by principal demographics and clinical characteristics

From: Impact of active cancer on COVID-19 survival: a matched-analysis on 557 consecutive patients at an Academic Hospital in Lombardy, Italy

Characteristics

HR

Lower 95% CI

Upper 95% CI

p-value

Gender

 Male vs female

1.24

0.86

1.79

0.259

Age

 Continuous values

1.08

1.07

1.10

<0.001

BMI

 Continuous values

0.98

0.94

1.02

0.312

 ≥30

 <30

0.66

0.40

1.03

0.113

Diabetes

 No

 Yes

1.54

1.06

2.22

0.023

Hypertension

 No

 Yes

1.68

1.15

2.45

0.008

Dysplidaemia

 No

 Yes

1.63

1.12

2.37

0.011

CAD

 No

 Yes

2.85

1.98

4.09

<0.001

Cancer

 No

 Yes

2.79

1.76

4.42

<0.001

Lymphocytes

 <1000

 ≥1000

0.53

0.36

0.77

0.001

LDH

 <248

 ≥248

2.85

1.57

5.18

0.001

IL-6

 No

 Yes

0.71

0.36

1.38

0.306

PCT

 <0.5

 ≥0.5

3.24

2.27

4.62

<0.001

CRP

 <0.5

    

 ≥0.5

3.59

0.50

25.68

0.203

Ferritin

 <336.2

    

 ≥336.2

1.32

0.83

2.09

0.238

Smoking

 No/former

    

 Yes

3.17

2.03

4.95

<0.001

NLR

 

1.03

1.01

1.04

<0.001

PaO2/FiO2

 

0.99

0.99

1.00

<0.001

Ground glass

 No

    

 Yes

1.43

0.59

3.51

0.431

Pulmonary consolidations

 No

 Yes

1.42

0.99

2.05

0.60

Pleural effusion

 No

 Yes

1.10

0.75

1.60

0.625

Pulmonary adenopathy

 No

 Yes

1.43

0.59

3.51

0.431

  1. CAD coronary artery disease, BMI body mass index, CI confidence interval, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, IL-6 interleukin-6, PCT procalcitonin, NLR neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio.
  2. Statistically significant p < 0.05 values are in bold.