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Table 4 Adjusted odds ratios for ICU admission for specific comorbidities in patients hospitalized with pneumonia, by age-group

From: Rates and risk factors associated with hospitalization for pneumonia with ICU admission among adults

High risk condition

Age 18–49

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Age 50–64

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Age 65–74

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Age 75–84

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Age ≥ 85

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Male sex

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1.11 (1.03–1.19)

Asthma

0.85 (0.76–0.95)

0.81 (0.75–0.88)

0.88 (0.81–0.96)

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Respiratory diseases (excluding asthma)

1.33 (1.20–1.47)

1.12 (1.05–1.20)

1.10 (1.03–1.17)

1.14 (1.05–1.18)

1.09 (1.01–1.18)

Immunosuppressive disorders

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1.27 (1.10–1.48)

Malignancy

1.21 (1.05–1.40)

1.16 (1.07–1.25)

1.15 (1.07–1.23)

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Neurological/Musculosqueletal

1.42 (1.27–1.60)

1.10 (1.01–1.19)

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0.92 (0.87–0.98)

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Liver disease

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1.16 (1.02–1.32)

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Diabetes and cardiovascular disease

 Diabetes without cardiovascular disease

1.49 (1.32–1.68)

1.46 (1.34–1.59)

1.48 (1.33–1.64)

1.43 (1.28–1.59)

1.54 (1.31–1.81)

 Cardiovascular disease without diabetes

1.49 (1.32–1.68)

1.40 (1.29–1.52)

1.39 (1.28–1.52)

1.24 (1.14–1.34)

1.31 (1.19–1.44)

 Diabetes and cardiovascular disease

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1.35 (1.24–1.48)

1.44 (1.32–1.57)

1.45 (1.33–1.57)

1.42 (1.26–1.60)

  1. “---”= Not included in final model, ICU = Intensive care unit
  2. Hemoglobinopathies and renal disease dropped out of the final model in every age-group and therefore are not shown