id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-297029-b38sm4y9 Murillo-Zamora, Efrén Male gender and kidney illness are associated with an increased risk of severe laboratory-confirmed coronavirus disease 2020-09-16 .txt text/plain 2957 155 51 Demographic characteristics (sex, age), tobacco use (current), personal history of chronic communicable disease (HIV infection, no/yes) and noncommunicable disease (no/yes: obesity [body mass index of 30 or higher], arterial hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, asthma, chronic kidney disease, immunosuppression, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or cardiovascular illness) were collected from the surveillance system. In the multiple regression analysis (Table 2) , male gender (RR = 1.13, 95% CI 1.06-1.20) and older patients ([reference: 15-29 years old] 30-44, RR = 1.02, 95% CI 0.94-1.11; 45-59, RR = 1.26, 95% CI 1.15-1.38; 60 years or older, RR = 1.44, 95% CI 1.29-1.60), subjects to thoracic pain (RR = 1.16, 95% CI 1.10-1.24) or chronic kidney disease (RR = 1.31, 95% CI 1.04-1.64) were also more likely to present severe COVID-19. ./cache/cord-297029-b38sm4y9.txt ./txt/cord-297029-b38sm4y9.txt