Research Article

COVID-19 and Obesity: An Epidemiologic Analysis of the Brazilian Data

Table 6

Binary logistic regression with the need of ICU (yes vs. no) as the dependent variables and age, sex, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes as independent variables.

ICU (yes vs. no)
OR (95% CI)

Age (Z-score)1.195 (1.171–1.220)<0.001
Gender (F vs. M)0.842 (0.812–0.872)<0.001
Obesity (yes vs. no)1.783 (1.672–1.903)<0.001
Cardiovascular disease (yes vs. no)1.161 (1.119–1.204)<0.001
Diabetes (yes vs. no)1.128 (1.088–1.169)<0.001

CI: confidence interval; F: females; M: males; ICU: intensive care unit; OR: odds ratio. , .