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Table 4 Associated factor related with the number of Healthcare Provider Encounters in PC

From: Characteristics of a COVID-19 confirmed case series in primary care (COVID-19-PC project): a cross‐sectional study

 

Univariate

 

Multivariate

 
 

IRR

CI 95%

IRR*

CI 95%

Age

0.998*

[0.997,1.000]

1.001

[0.999,1.003]

Sex (Male)

1.042

[0.988,1.098]

1.072*

[1.013,1.134]

Body Mass Index

1.006

[1.000,1.012]

  

Smoking history + 

0.915

[0.821,1.019]

  

High Blood Pressure + 

0.963

[0.911,1.018]

  

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

0.794***

[0.694,0.909]

  

Asthma

1.272***

[1.159,1.396]

  

Diabetes

0.961

[0.896,1.030]

  

Ischaemic Heart Disease

0.901

[0.792,1.026]

  

Cerebrovascular Disease

0.654***

[0.555,0.772]

0.700***

[0.590,0.829]

Oncological disease

0.894*

[0.808,0.990]

  

Chronic Kidney Disease

0.918

[0.813,1.037]

  

Needing Hospital Care

1.088*

[1.020,1.161]

  

Being Hospitalized as inpatient

0.895**

[0.832,0.964]

0.968

[0.893,1.049]

Final Diagnosis

    

 Asymptomatic

ref

 

Ref

 

 Mild Respiratory infection

1.490**

[1.163,1.910]

1.404**

[1.095,1.801]

 Moderate Respiratory infection

1.592***

[1.215,2.086]

1.802***

[1.372,2.369]

 Unilateral Pneumonia

1.802***

[1.400,2.319]

1.895***

[1.467,2.447]

 Bilateral

1.646***

[1.287,2.105]

1.852***

[1.437,2.386]

 Respiratory Distress Syndrome

1.246

[0.943,1.647]

1.404*

[1.055,1.868]

Work leave needed

1.254***

[1.190,1.321]

1.326***

[1.244,1.413]

  1. Exponentiated coefficients; 95% confidence intervals in brackets; Multivariate Adjusted Poisson Regression Model
  2.  + Not having means reference category
  3. Goodness of fit: AIC 3882.3, BIC 3928.4
  4. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001