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Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2011 Sep 29;109(1):135–139. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.07.072

Table 2.

Association between Caregiving and Clinical Outcomes at 1 Year

	Clinical Outcomes
Variable	Death	Death or Rehospitalization	Rehospitalization for All Causes	Rehospitalization for CVD
	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)
Type of Caregiving
Paid vs. None ^a	3.42 (2.52–4.65)	2.46 (1.96–3.09)	1.67 (1.35–2.07)	1.54 (1.25–1.91)
Informal vs. None	1.95 (1.46–2.59)	1.40 (1.18–1.65)	1.22 (1.04–1.45)	1.21 (1.02–1.43)
Paid vs. Informal ^a	1.76 (1.26–2.45)	1.76 (1.37–2.27)	1.36 (1.07–1.73)	1.28 (1.01–1.62)
Extent of Caregiving
Extensive vs. Non-Extensive ^a	3.11 (2.39–4.05)	2.27 (1.86–2.77)	1.58 (1.31–1.90)	1.49 (1.24–1.80)

Patients who reported having both paid and informal caregivers [n=120] were categorized as having paid caregivers

CVD=Cardiovascular Disease