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. 2005 Apr 8;4:4. doi: 10.1186/1477-5751-4-4

Table 3.

Odds of Dying after Initial Admission for Pneumonia after 30 Days and 1 Year, Adjusted for Gender, Age, Specialty of Attending Physician, Hospital Teaching Status and Socio-economic Status

Characteristic Odds Ratio (65% CI) P-value
30-Day Mortality

Characteristics of Patient
Female Sex 0.78 (0.74–0.82) <0.0001
Charlson Index 1.81 (1.71–1.91) <0.0001
Age 65–74* 1.00
  75–84 1.55 (1.46–1.65) <0.0001
  85–105 3.02 (2.83–3.21) <0.0001
Income Quintile 1* 1.00
  2 1.02 (0.95–1.09) 0.64
  3 1.04 (0.97–1.12) 0.23
  4 1.01 (0.94–1.08) 0.86
  5 1.03 (0.96–1.12) 0.41
Characteristics of Hospital
Teaching Hospital (vs. non) 0.88 (0.83–0.94) 0.0003
Specialty of Attending Physician
General Practitioner 0.65 (0.60–0.70) <0.0001
Internal Medicine 0.93 (0.87–1.00) 0.073
Respirology 0.84 (0.75–0.94) 0.0016
Other* 1.00
1-Year Mortality
Characteristics of Patient
Female Sex 0.68 (0.65–0.70) <0.0001
Charlson Index 2.09 (2.01–2.18) <0.0001
Age 65–74* 1.00
  75–84 1.45 (1.39–1.52) <0.0001
  85–105 2.86 (2.73–3.01) <0.0001
Income Quintile 1* 1.00
  2 1.01 (0.96–1.06) 0.72
  3 0.99 (0.94–1.04) 0.73
  4 0.99 (0.93–1.05) 0.70
  5 1.03 (0.97–1.10) 0.31
Characteristics of Hospital
Teaching Hospital (vs. non) 1.01 (0.96–1.06) 0.67
Specialty of Attending Physician
General Practitioner 0.67 (0.63–0.71) <0.0001
Internal Medicine 0.82 (0.77–0.87) <0.0001
Respirology 0.78 (0.72–0.86) <0.0001
Other* 1.00

(* = reference group)