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Table 3 Characteristics associated with frequent/very frequent admissions: survey respondents (n=102)

From: Frequent hospital admission of older people with chronic disease: a cross-sectional survey with telephone follow-up and data linkage

  

Univariate logistic regression

Multivariate logistic regression

Variable

Categories

p-value

OR

95% CI

p-value

OR

95% CI

Gender

female/male

0.185

0.56

0.24

1.32

0.917

0.95

0.33

2.69

Age at survey

75+/65-74

0.779

0.89

0.40

2.01

0.825

0.89

0.32

2.46

Charlson comorbidity

3+/0-2

0.010

3.98

1.40

11.29

0.049

3.85

1.01

14.70

CHF

yes/no

0.001

4.14

1.76

9.77

0.003

4.76

1.70

13.31

COPD

yes/no

0.076

2.10

0.93

4.77

0.082

2.69

0.88

8.20

Hypertension

yes/no

0.207

0.58

0.25

1.35

0.098

0.36

0.11

1.21

Coronary artery disease

yes/no

0.605

0.80

0.35

1.84

0.322

1.79

0.57

5.69

Diabetes

yes/no

0.666

1.20

0.53

2.70

0.863

1.10

0.36

3.38

Duke social network

continuous

0.081

0.82

0.65

1.03

0.040

0.74

0.56

0.99

Need help with daily tasks

yes/no

0.017

2.77

1.20

6.40

    
  1. Only significant survey-based variables were included in the multivariate logistic model.