Psychiatric and medical admissions observed among elderly patients with new-onset epilepsy

Table 3 Factors Associated with Medical Admissions among Geriatric Patients (N = 824,483; c-statistic = 0.86)

Effect	Odds Ratio	95% CI
Gallbladder disease	7.37	6.94-7.82	*
New-onset epilepsy	4.84	4.29-5.46	*
Heart attack	4.68	4.55-4.81	*
Lost to follow-up	3.74	3.67-3.82	*
Angina	3.51	3.42-3.60	*
Anemia	3.20	3.14-3.26	*
Hip problems	2.75	2.63-2.88	*
Irregular heartbeat	2.59	2.54-2.64	*
Cancer	2.45	2.41-2.49	*
COPD	2.41	2.37-2.45	*
Hepatitis	2.38	2.25-2.51	*
Alcohol dependence	2.30	2.21-2.40	*
Congestive Heart Failure	2.21	2.17-2.25	*
Dementia	2.20	2.15-2.25	*
Head injury	2.19	2.01-2.38	*
Peptic ulcer	1.97	1.91-2.04	*
Brain tumor	1.93	1.80-2.07	*
Inflammatory bowel disease	1.92	1.76-2.10	*
Peripheral vascular disease	1.83	1.79-1.87	*
Neurological conditions, other	1.81	1.75-1.87	*
Cerebrovascular disease	1.75	1.72-1.78	*
Diverticulitis	1.73	1.68-1.79	*
Prostatitis	1.55	1.46-1.64	*
Hypertension	1.48	1.45-1.50	*
Schizophrenia	1.48	1.41-1.55	*
Rheumatoid arthritis	1.47	1.40-1.54	*
African American	1.45	1.42-1.48	*
Enlarged prostate	1.40	1.37-1.42	*
Female	1.39	1.32-1.47	*
Gout	1.33	1.29-1.38	*
Other arthritic disease	1.30	1.26-1.34	*
Low-back pain	1.26	1.23-1.28	*
Depression	1.24	1.21-1.27	*
Hispanic	1.20	1.16-1.24	*
Osteoarthritis	1.14	1.12-1.16	*
Anxiety	1.12	1.09-1.16	*
Age 85 or older	1.11	1.07-1.16	*
Cataracts	1.10	1.08-1.12	*
Bipolar disorder	1.07	1.01-1.14	*
Age 75-84 years	0.90	0.89-0.92	*
PTSD	0.82	0.79-0.86	*

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