Table 3.
The odds of nonelective hospital admissions and emergency department presentations within 12 months using logistic regression models.
| Dependent variablea | Model 1b | Model 2c | Model 3d | |||||
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ORe (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | ||
| Nonelective all-cause hospital admissions | 1.24 (0.49-3.16) | .64 | 1.31 (0.51-3.38) | .58 | 1.54 (0.58-4.10) | .39 | ||
| Nonelective cardiac-related hospital admissionsf | 2.15 (0.617.58) | .23 | 2.24 (0.63-8.00) | .22 | 3.26 (0.84-12.55) | .09 | ||
| Emergency department presentations | 1.74 (0.79-3.81) | .17 | 1.79 (0.80-3.98) | .16 | 2.07 (0.89-4.77) | .09 | ||
aReference=control.
bModel 1: nil adjustments.
cModel 2: adjusted for age and sex.
dModel 3: adjusted for age, sex, diabetes, and presence of other chronic diseases.
eOR: odds ratio.
fCardiac-related admission determined using Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Group codes (F01A to F10B, F12A to F12B, F14A to F19B, F22Z to F60B, F66A to F67B, and F69A to F76B).