Table II.
Association between demographics and a penicillin allergy label
| Characteristic | Penicillin allergy label (n = 21,918)∗ |
Univariable |
Multivariable∗ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (n = 19,527) | Yes (n = 2,391) | OR | 95% CI | P value | OR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Age (y), mean (SD) | 50 (18) | 53 (19) | 1.11 | (1.09-1.14) | < .0001 | 1.06 | (1.04-1.09) | < .0001 |
| Sex, no. (%) | < .0001 | < .0001 | ||||||
| Male | 8,767 (92) | 768 (8) | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Female | 10,760 (87) | 1,623 (13) | 1.72 | (1.57-1.88) | 1.58 | (1.44-1.74) | ||
| Race, no. (%) | < .0001 | < .0001 | ||||||
| White | 11,982 (87) | 1,744 (13) | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Black | 3,216 (90) | 371 (10) | 0.79 | (0.70-0.89) | 0.77 | (0.69-0.87) | ||
| Asian | 4,329 (94) | 276 (6) | 0.44 | (0.38-0.50) | 0.47 | (0.41-0.53) | ||
| Hispanic, no. (%) | .08 | — | ||||||
| No | 18,756 (89) | 2,314 (11) | Ref | — | — | |||
| Yes | 771 (91) | 77 (9) | 0.81 | (0.64, 1.03) | — | — | ||
ORs compared penicillin allergy label with no penicillin allergy label.
OR, Odds ratio; Ref, reference.
∗
Multivariable models include sex, race, and number of allergy labels in the EMR. Some people were excluded because they were of a race other than White, Black, or Asian.