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Table 3 Factors independently associated with admission to intensive care Unit in severely-symptomatic COVID-19 patients

From: Vitamin D and COVID-19 severity and related mortality: a prospective study in Italy

 

RR (95% CI)

P-value

Age

0.993 (0.980 to 1.007)

0.325

Gender

 Female

Ref

 

 Male

1.222 (0.793 to 1.882)

0.363

At least 1 comorbidity a

 No

Ref.

 

 Yes

1.556 (1.079 to 2.244)

0.018

Creatinine

0.503 (0.268 to 0.944)

0.032

IL-6

1.000 (0.997 to 1.004)

0.907

Lactate dehydrogenase

1.000 (1.000 to 1.001)

0.459

Neutrophil cells count

1.076 (1.018 to 1.136)

0.009

Lymphocytes count

0.860 (0.651 to 1.137)

0.289

Platelets count

0.998 (0.996 to 1.000)

0.089

25OHD

0.989 (0.981 to 0.997)

0.011

  1. Patients in Intensive Care Unit: patients with respiratory distress requiring continuous positive airway pressure and/or endo-tracheal intubation. 25OHD 25hydroxyvitamin D; IL-6 interleukin-6;
  2. a at least 1 comorbidity among obesity, diabetes, arterial hypertension