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. 2011 Mar;6(3):613–619. doi: 10.2215/CJN.01160210

Table 5.

Predictors of readmission in a cohort of elderly patients surviving ICU admission

Variable Readmission within 72 Hours (Model P < 0.0001, AUROC 0.62)
Readmission within Index Hospitalization (Model P < 0.0001, AUROC 0.67)
OR [95% CI] P OR [95% CI] P
ESRD 2.159 [1.24, 3.84] 0.007 2.06 [1.32, 3.22] 0.001
Age (per year) 0.98 [0.97, 0.999] 0.04 0.98 [0.97, 0.99] 0.004
Peripheral arterial disease 1.46 [1.14, 1.87] 0.003 1.38 [1.17, 1.63] 0.0002
Sepsis 1.60 [1.07, 2.40] 0.02 1.38 [1.03, 1.83] 0.03
Mechanical ventilation 1.24 [1.04, 1.47] 0.01
Organ failures 0.02 0.002
    ≤2 1.00 [reference] 1.00 [reference]
    >2 1.46 [1.06, 2.01] 1.40 [1.13, 1.75]
Hematocrit <0.3 1.27 [0.99, 1.62] 0.06 1.39 [1.18, 1.64] <0.0001
Temperature (°C) 0.02
    <36 1.06 [0.88, 1.28]
    36 to 38.5 1.00 [reference]
    >38.5 0.68 [0.52, 0.91]
Heart rate (bpm) 0.001
    <60 0.95 [0.74, 1.22]
    60 to 100 1.00 [reference]
    >100 1.44 [1.23, 1.69]
Glasgow coma scale 0.049 0.03
    <7 0.71 [0.33, 1.50] 0.71 [0.43, 1.17]
    7 to 12 1.57 [1.08, 2.29] 1.37 [1.06, 1.77]
    >12 1.00 [reference] 1.00 [reference]

AUROC, areas under the receiver operator characteristic curve.