Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 at Case Hospital, Uganda

Table 5

Factors associated with mortality due to COVID-19 among the study participants.

Variables	Odds ratio (95% CI)
Age in years
18–35	1.0
36–40	1.4 (0.1–14.1)	0.773
≥50	8.6 (1.1–69.2)	0.042
Sex
Female	1.0
Male	0.9 (0.3–2.4)	0.805
Occupation
Formal	1.0
Unknown	0.5 (0.1–2.5)	0.395
Comorbidities
None	1.0
At least one	3.2 (1.1–8.9)	0.029
Hypertension
No	1.0
Yes	3.2 (1.2–8.6)	0.024
Diabetes mellitus
No	1.0
Yes	2.9 (1.0–8.5)	0.056
HIV
No	1.0
Yes	4.1 (0.4–47.8)	0.258
Others
No	1.0
Yes	1.5 (0.3–7.3)	0.625
Symptoms at admission
Asymptomatic	1.0
Symptomatic	0.2 (0–2.8)	0.258
Vitals at admission
Systolic blood pressure	1.0 (1.0–1.0)	0.879
Diastolic blood pressure	1.0 (0.9–1.0)	0.123
Heart rate	1.0 (1.0–1.0)	0.207
Respiratory rate	1.1 (1.0–1.2)	0.002
Temperature	1.2 (0.7–2.2)	0.511
Random blood sugar	1.0 (0.8–1.2)	0.945
SpO2 <92	5.1 (1.8–14.4)	0.002
Medications
Azithromycin	0.9 (0.3–3.1)	0.923
Dexamethasone	1.2 (0.4–3.5)	0.773
Vitamin C	0.7 (0.2–2.2)	0.518
Vitamin D	0.7 (0.2–2.2)	0.518
Enoxaparin	0.4 (0.1–1.6)	0.219
Zinc	1.0 (0.3–2.8)	0.968
Ulinastatin	0.9 (0.3–2.6)	0.919
Ivermectin	0.2 (0.1–0.6)	0.004
Remdesivir	0.2 (0.1–0.9)	0.030