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Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021
Dispatch

Characteristics and Risk Factors of Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March–April 2020

Kristen PettroneComments to Author , Eleanor Burnett, Ruth Link-Gelles, Sarah C. Haight, Caroline Schrodt, Lucinda England, Danica J. Gomes, Mays Shamout, Kevin O’Laughlin, Anne Kimball, Erin F. Blau, Chandresh N. Ladva, Christine M. Szablewski, Melissa Tobin-D’Angelo, Nadine Oosmanally, Cherie Drenzek, Sean D. Browning, Beau B. Bruce, Juliana da Silva, Jeremy A.W. Gold, Brendan R. Jackson, Sapna Bamrah Morris, Pavithra Natarajan, Robyn Neblett Fanfair, Priti R. Patel, Jessica Rogers-Brown, John Rossow, Karen K. Wong, David J. Murphy, James M. Blum, Julie Hollberg, Benjamin Lefkove, Frank W. Brown, Tom Shimabukuro, Claire M. Midgley, Jacqueline E. Tate, and Marie E. Killerby
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (K. Pettrone, E. Burnett, R. Link-Gelles, S.C. Haight, C. Schrodt, L. England, D.J. Gomes, M. Shamout, K. O’Laughlin, A. Kimball, E.F. Blau, C.N. Ladva, C.M. Szablewski, S.D. Browning, B.B. Bruce, J. da Silva, J.A.W. Gold, B.R. Jackson, S.B. Morris, P. Natarajan, R.N. Fanfair, P.R. Patel, J. Rogers-Brown, J. Rossow, K.K. Wong, T. Shimabukuro, C.M. Midgely, J.E. Tate, M.E. Killerby); Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, Rockville, Maryland, USA (R. Link-Gelles, R.N. Fanfair, J. Rossow, J.E. Tate); Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta (C.M. Szablewski, M. Tobin-D’Angelo, N. Oosmanally, C. Drenzek); Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta (D.J. Murphy, J.M. Blum, J. Hollberg, F.W. Brown); Emory Decatur Hospital, Decatur, Georgia, USA (B. Lefkove, F.W. Brown)

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Table 2

Risk factors for hospitalization among patients with coronavirus disease, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2020*

Characteristic Hospitalized, no. (%) Nonhospitalized, no. (%) Crude OR (85% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Age, y
Total 220 (100) 311 (100)
18–29 5 (2) 52 (17) Referent Referent†
30–39 24 (11) 79 (25) 3.0 (1.1–8.2) 1.4 (0.4–4.6)
40–49 36 (16) 54 (17) 6.3 (2.3–16.8) 3.0 (0.9–9.5)
50–59 41 (19) 63 (20) 6.4 (2.4–16.9) 2.1 (0.7–6.6)
60–69 56 (26) 41 (13) 13.9 (5.2–37.2) 4.1 (1.3–13.3)
>70
 58 (26)
 22 (7)
 25.7 (9.2–71.4)
 9.2 (2.7–31.0)
No. concurrent conditions
Total 220 (100) 311 (100)
0 21 (10) 122 (39) Referent Referent‡
1 48 (22) 80 (26) 3.5 (1.9–6.3) 1.8 (0.8–3.7)
2 71 (32) 68 (22) 6.0 (3.4–10.6) 2.3 (1.1–4.8)
>3
 80 (36)
 41 (13)
 12.2 (6.6–22.4)
 4.2 (1.9–9.1)
Hemoglobin A1c§
Total 81 (100) 30 (100)
<7% 17 (21) 17 (57) Referent Referent¶
>7% 38 (47) 7 (23) 3.3 (1.2–9.4) 4.1 (0.9–19.1)
Missing data
 26 (32)
 6 (20)
Obesity
Total 220 (100) 311 (100)
<30 86 (39) 123 (40) Referent Referent#
30–34 65 (30) 52 (17) 1.8 (1.2–3.0) 2.6 (1.3–5.0)
35–40 34 (16) 26 (8) 1.9 (1.0–3.5) 2.2 (1.0–4.8)
>40 25 (11) 26 (8) 1.6 (0.8–2.9) 1.8 (0. 7–4.5)
Missing data
 10 (5)
 84 (27)
No. classes of hypertension medications**
Total 142 (100) 101 (100)
0 20 (14) 13 (13) Referent Referent#
1 38 (27) 42 (42) 0.7 (0.3–1.6) 0.7 (0.3–2.0)
2 48 (34) 33 (33) 1.0 (0.5–2.4) 1.6 (0.6–4.5)
>3 36 (25) 13 (13) 1.9 (0.7–5.0) 1.8 (0.5–6.0)

*OR, odds ratio.
†Adjusted for number of underlying conditions, race, sex, insurance, and smoking (including current or former smoking). 
‡Adjusted for age, race, sex, insurance, and smoking (including current or former smoking).
§Among patients with diabetes.
¶Adjusted for age, race, sex, healthcare personnel status, and hypertension.
#Adjusted for age, race, sex, healthcare personnel status, and diabetes.
**Among patients with hypertension.

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