Table IV.

 Summary of the Logistic Regression Model for All Surgical Hypertensive Inpatients Prescribed Any Antihypertensive Medication Predicting Treatment With a First‐Line Antihypertensive Medication

Patient Characteristic	No.	Proportion Treated, %a	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	P Value
Age group, y
≤40	160	89.4	1.0	Referent	–
41–60	770	84.9	0.7	(0.4–1.2)	.19
61–80	798	88.0	0.8	(0.5–1.5)	.57
>80	102	93.1	1.5	(0.6–4.1)	.38
Female	902	86.5	1.0	Referent	–
Male	928	87.7	1.0	(0.8–1.4)	.78
Race/ethnicity
White	1111	86.7	1.0	Referent	–
Other	719	87.8	1.1	(0.8–1.5)	.63
Insurance
Private	584	85.5	1.0	Referent	–
Medicaid	101	90.1	1.2	(0.6–2.4)	.45
Medicare	1012	88.2	0.9	(0.6–1.3)	.58
Other	133	83.5	0.9	(0.5–1.4)	.49
Length of stay, d
<2	306	88.2	1.0	Referent	–
2–4	999	84.6	0.7	(0.5–1.1)	.14
>4	525	91.2	1.3	(0.8–2.0)	.33
No medical consult	1552	87.1	1.0	Referent	–
Medical consult	278	87.1	1.1	(0.7–1.6)	.75
Charlson Comorbidity Index
0	567	80.8	1.0	Referent	–
1	458	88.0	1.7	(1.2–2.4)	.005
2	371	89.2	1.8	(1.2–2.8)	.003
3	217	92.6	2.9	(1.6–5.1)	<.001
4	93	94.6	3.9	(1.5–10.1)	.004
≥5	124	91.1	2.2	(1.1–4.2)	.025

^aProportion of patients treated with a first‐line antihypertensive medication.