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Table 8 Cox regression models with time to any readmission as the outcome

From: The health services burden of heart failure: an analysis using linked population health data-sets

Crude

Crude

 

Adjusted*

 

Hazard Ratio

Hazard Ratio

95% CI

Hazard Ratio

95% CI

p†

Sex

     

Male

1

1

   

Female

0.95

0.92, 0.98

0.93

0.89, 0.96

<.0001

Age Group

     

< 55

1

1

   

55-59

1.10

0.99, 1.22

1.03

0.90, 1.18

0.6189

60-64

1.07

0.98, 1.18

1.00

0.89, 1.13

0.9971

65-69

1.12

1.03, 1.23

1.03

0.92, 1.16

0.5847

70-74

1.12

1.03, 1.22

1.05

0.94, 1.17

0.3873

75-79

1.21

1.12, 1.31

1.12

1.00, 1.24

0.0437

80-84

1.22

1.12, 1.32

1.15

1.03, 1.28

0.0101

85+

1.23

1.13, 1.33

1.14

1.02, 1.27

0.0167

Charlson Index

1.06

1.06, 1.07

1.07

1.06, 1.09

<0.0001

Index Length of stay

1.00

1.00, 1.00

1

1.00, 1.00

0.0006

Hypertension

No

1

 

1

  

Yes

1

0.97, 1.02

0.98

0.95, 1.02

0.4133

Depression

No

1

    

Yes

1.01

0.91, 1.12

0.99

0.85, 1.14

0.8582

  1. * models were adjusted for age, sex, marital status, ARIA category, SEIFA quintile, financial class, hospital type, Charlson Index, length of stay, hypertension, depression.
  2. † P-values and confidence intervals calculated in SAS.