Table 3.

Multi-level regression model of factors associated with cardiac arrhythmia diagnosis within 90-days of hospitalization for pneumonia

Variable	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval
Age	1.02	1.02 – 1.03
Male gender	1.13	0.87 – 1.46
Race/ethnicity
Black	0.93	0.75 – 1.17
White	1.32	1.08 – 1.60
Unknown/other race	1.43	1.13 – 1.83
Nursing home resident	1.44	1.00 – 2.09
Myocardial infarction	1.10	0.94 – 1.28
Congestive heart failure	1.34	1.22 – 1.46
Peripheral vascular disease	1.08	0.98 – 1.19
Cerebrovascular disease	1.04	0.94 – 1.14
Dementia	0.74	0.63 – 0.89
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	0.93	0.86 – 1.01
Rheumatologic disease	1.05	0.86 – 1.29
Peptic ulcer disease	0.86	0.70 – 1.05
Cirrhosis	1.20	0.81– 1.76
Hepatic failure	0.78	0.42 – 1.44
Diabetes mellitus	0.95	0.86 – 1.06
Diabetes mellitus with complications	1.02	0.89 – 1.18
Hemiplegia/paraplegia	0.49	0.33 – 0.70
Chronic kidney disease	0.97	0.86 – 1.09
Malignancy	0.98	0.90 – 1.06
Malignancy with metastases	0.81	0.66 – 1.00
Drug abuse	0.96	0.67 – 1.36
Alcohol abuse	0.97	0.81 – 1.15
Smoking use/cessation	0.99	0.92–1.07
Statin	0.96	0.89 – 1.04
Cardiac medications1	1.03	1.01 – 1.07
Beta-blockers	0.92	0.85 – 0.99
Diabetes medications	0.98	0.91 – 1.06
Pulmonary medications	1.00	0.98 – 1.02
Use of guideline concordant antibiotics	1.10	0.98 – 1.23
Mechanical ventilation	2.15	1.88 – 2.46
Vasopressor use	1.57	1.33 – 1.84

¹excluding statins and beta-blockers