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. 2024 Mar 4;16(3):e55503. doi: 10.7759/cureus.55503

Table 2. Predictors of home or hospice death due to malnutrition from 1999 to 2020 .

Univariate logistic regression is used. P-value <0.05 is significant

Variables Univariate logistic regression
Odds ratio 95% CI p-value
Age <1 year 0.381 (0.236, 0.615) <0.001
1-4 years 1.028 (0.539, 1.961) 0.933
5-14 years 0 (0, 2.55681195748415e+26) 0.766
15-24 years 0.991 (0.698, 1.408) 0.961
25-34 years 0.806 (0.648, 1.001) 0.051
35-44 years 0.616 (0.532, 0.714) <0.001
45-54 years 0.599 (0.546, 0.657) <0.001
55-64 years 0.616 (0.579, 0.654) <0.001
65-74 years 0.674 (0.645, 0.704) <0.001
75-84 years 0.734 (0.711, 0.758) <0.001
85+ years 1.0 (reference)  
Gender Male 0.943 (0.918, 0.97) <0.001
Female 1.0 (reference)  
Census Region Census region 1: Northeast 1.0 (reference)  
Census region 2: Midwest 1.125 (1.071, 1.181) <0.001
Census region 3: South 1.33 (1.271, 1.391) <0.001
Census region 4: West 1.618 (1.539, 1.701) <0.001
Race American Indian or Alaska Native 0.73 (0.618, 0.863) <0.001
Asian or Pacific Islander 1.335 (1.219, 1.46) <0.001
Black or African American 0.8 (0.767, 0.834) <0.001
White 1.0 (reference)