Petrilli (2020)
Factors associated with hospital admission and critical illness among 5279 people with coronavirus disease 2019 in New York City: prospective cohort study
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1966
https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1966
Patient characteristics
Age (>=75 years vs. 19-44 years)
COVID-19 (severe/critical)
Odds ratio: 37.870 (26.100-56.030) Adjusted model

United States of America

Prospective cohort study

Medical records

5279

5279 patients with laboratory confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) infection between 1 March 2020 and 8 April 2020

The median age of the study population that tested positive for covid-19 was 54 years (interquartile range 38-66 years), and 2615 (49.5%) were men. A total of 1195 (22.6%) had diabetes, 1865 (35.3%) were obese (BMI ?30), and 2752 (52.1%) had any form of cardiovascular disease. 2741 (51.9%) required admission to hospital, 990/2741 (36.1%) experienced critical illness,

Median

7 Day


COVID-19 (severe/critical)

2741

admission to hospital n= 2741 (51.9%), 990/2741 (36.1%) experienced critical illness


Patient characteristics

Age

none

19-44 years

>=75 years


Odds ratio

37.870 (26.100-56.030)

No

Yes

Yes

Admission date, age, gender, race, smoking, BMI, Coronary artery disease, Heart failure, Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension, Diabetes, Asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Chronic kidney disease, Cancer


none

Average

No