08-15-2020, 10:03 AM
(08-15-2020, 08:49 AM)tcufrog Wrote: I ran the calculator for my age, 65, BMI of 20, and fever, which resulted in a predicted hospitalization of 7.9%. But oddly, if I changed my BMI to 21, the percentage dropped .7% to 7.2%. Why would a slight weight variance make about a 10% difference in the probability?I noticed that too. Could be confounding of that variable with cachexia / diseases of wasting that act to increase severity of the disease like cancer?