ICU Admission, Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, and Mortality among Children and Adolescents Hospitalized for COVID-19 in a Private Healthcare System
Table 3
Variables associated with the composite outcome (intensive care unit admission, need for invasive mechanical ventilation, or death) during the index hospitalization due to COVID-19.
Characteristic
Patients
OR (95% CI)
Total ()
Composite- ()
Composite+ ()
Age at index hospitalization, in years, median (IQR)
4.5 (1.4-14.1)
3.6 (1.0-14.8)
7.6 (1.9-10.9)
0.642
Male, in (%)
99 (49.8%)
74 (50.7%)
25 (47.2%)
0.87 (0.44-1.71)
0.749
Hospital length of stay of index hospitalization, in days, median (IQR)
3.0 (2.0-7.0)
2.0 (2.0-4.0)
10.0 (6.0-17.0)
≤0.001
Follow-up since the index hospitalization, in days, median (IQR)
249.0 (152.0-438.5)
257.5 (153.2-423.0)
236.0 (151.0-453.0)
0.883
Number of morbidities, in (%)
0
73 (36.6%)
67 (45.9%)
6 (11.3%)
1
63 (31.7%)
46 (31.5%)
17 (32.1%)
4.08 (1.40-13.64)
0.005
≥2
63 (31.7%)
33 (22.6%)
30 (56.6%)
9.96 (3.62-32.27)
≤0.001
Morbidities, in (%)
126 (63.3%)
79 (54.1%)
47 (88.7%)
6.59 (2.59-20.04)
≤0.001
Asthma
72 (36.2%)
45 (30.8%)
27 (50.9%)
2.32 (1.16-4.66)
0.01
Neurologic diseases
41 (20.6%)
19 (13.0%)
22 (41.5%)
4.70 (2.14-10.47)
≤0.001
Gastrointestinal diseases
24 (12.1%)
7 (4.8%)
17 (32.1%)
9.24 (3.34-28.47)
≤0.001
Congenital or chromosomic abnormalities
22 (11.1%)
7 (4.8%)
15 (28.3%)
7.73 (2.74-24.13)
≤0.001
Heart failure
19 (9.5%)
9 (6.2%)
10 (18.9%)
3.51 (1.20-10.48)
0.01
Reference (1) does not have this morbidity. COVID-19: coronavirus disease, 2019; IQR: interquartile range; OR: odds ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.
