Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Admissions for COVID-19: Insights Using State-Level Data
Table 2
Univariate analysis: association between pediatric population characteristics and COVID-19 positive admissions.
CPA frequency
Percent CPA duration requiring HFNC or more
Percent CPA duration requiring intubation (MCV or HFOV)
Number of PICU days per CPA
Beta coefficient
valuea
Beta coefficient
valuea
Beta coefficient
valuea
Beta coefficient
valuea
Population density
0.008
0.004
-0.011
0.685
0.011
0.647
-0.00008
0.996
Urban air quality
0.032
0.404
-0.209
0.305
0.098
0.856
0.07
0.864
Drinking water quality
-0.055
0.147
-0.207
0.765
-0.309
0.636
0.032
0.48
UV index
-0.614
0.182
-12.008
0.04
-5.821
0.308
-0.782
0.044
Average precipitation
0.421
0.185
8.94
0.084
6.308
0.203
0.116
0.743
Average temperature
0.018
0.708
-1.296
0.064
-0.768
0.256
-0.093
0.045
Percent households below poverty line
0.053
0.612
-0.399
0.784
0.348
0.801
-0.083
0.39
Percent households with below high school as the highest adult education level
0.111
0.502
-3.926
0.166
-3.182
0.238
-0.032
0.866
Percent pediatric obesity
0.067
0.614
-2.187
0.28
-0.391
0.84
-0.179
0.179
Percent pediatric type 1 DM
-0.052
0.68
4.525
0.012
4.899
0.003
0.116
0.356
Percent pediatric asthma
0.175
0.779
-3.707
0.564
1.534
0.821
-0.079
0.851
Percent high schoolers currently smoking
-1.48
0.524
-0.726
0.836
-3.397
0.3
-0.269
0.242
Percent pediatric flu shot received
0.177
0.019
0.252
0.814
-0.22
0.828
0.026
0.72
Percent pediatric who have health insurance
0.24
0.294
2.368
0.438
2.604
0.366
0.225
0.264
Percent pediatric who have a medical home
-0.098
0.449
1.486
0.425
0.715
0.687
0.066
0.595
Percent Hispanic
0.015
0.725
-0.37
0.535
-0.468
0.405
0.001
0.99
Percent white
-0.038
0.256
0.799
0.149
0.587
0.266
0.02
0.589
Percent black
0.093
0.072
-0.741
0.279
0.113
0.863
-0.05
0.27
Percent other race
-0.027
0.638
0.376
0.848
-2.903
0.109
0.156
0.224
Social distancing score
0.178
0.848
17.57
0.196
3.558
0.786
1.664
0.061
Moderate or severe comorbidityb
0.088
0.686
-0.009
0.965
0.014
0.33
Abbreviations: CPA: COVID-19 positive admission; HFNC: high-flow nasal cannula; MCV: mechanical conventional ventilation; HFOV: high-frequency oscillatory ventilation; PICU: pediatric intensive care unit; UV: ultraviolet; DM: diabetes mellitus. a value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. bNo data available to assess moderate or severe comorbidity with admission frequency.
