Geriatrics-focused indicators predict mortality more than age in older adults hospitalized with COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Age has been implicated as the main risk factor for COVID-19-related mortality. Our objective was to utilize administrative data to build an explanatory model accounting for geriatrics-focused indicators to predict mortality in hospitalized older adults with COVID-19.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study of adults age 65 and older (N = 4783) hospitalized with COVID-19 in the greater New York metropolitan area between 3/1/20-4/20/20. Data included patient demographics and clinical presentation. Stepwise logistic regression with Akaike Information Criterion minimization was used.

Results

The average age was 77.4 (SD = 8.4), 55.9% were male, 20.3% were African American, and 15.0% were Hispanic. In multivariable analysis, male sex (adjusted odds ration (adjOR) = 

SUBMITTER: Sinvani L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8515323 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature