Table III.
Association between demographics and allergy specialist referral among patients with a penicillin allergy label
| Characteristic | Allergy referral (n = 2,391) |
Univariable |
Multivariable∗ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (n = 2,142) | Yes (n = 249) | OR | 95% CI | P value | OR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Mean Age, (SD) | 53 (19) | 52 (17) | 0.95 | (0.89-1.02) | .171 | — | — | — |
| Sex, no. (%) | <.001 | .009 | ||||||
| Male | 715 (93) | 53 (7) | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Female | 1,427 (88) | 196 (12) | 1.85 | (1.35-2.54) | 1.52 | (1.10-2.10) | ||
| Race, no. (%) | .033 | .013 | ||||||
| White | 1,582 (91) | 162 (9) | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Black | 315 (85) | 56 (15) | 1.74 | (1.25-2.41) | 1.74 | (1.25-2.43) | ||
| Asian | 245 (89) | 31 (11) | 1.23 | (0.82-1.86) | 1.35 | (0.89-2.05) | ||
| Hispanic, no. (%) | .994 | — | ||||||
| No | 2,073 (90) | 241 (10) | Ref | — | — | — | ||
| Yes | 69 (90) | 8 (10) | 1 | (0.47-2.10) | — | — | ||
ORs compare allergy referral with no allergy referral.
OR, Odds ratio; Ref, reference.
∗
Multivariable models include sex, race, and number of allergy labels in the EMR.