Table 2. Patient Characteristics Associated with Companion Participation in Clinic Visits Multivariable Logistic Regression Results^#.

	Dependent Variable: Visit companion at least sometimes (Model N=422)
Independent Variables	OR [95% CI]
Married/Partnered	3.7 [1.9, 7.1]***
Inadequate Health Literacy	2.9 [1.4, 5.7]**
Less than college education	2.4 [1.4, 4.1]**
High Satisfaction with Family Function	2.4 [1.4, 4.2]**
PCP cares for other family members	2.2 [1.3, 3.8]**
Have Functional Limitations	1.9 [1.1, 3.4]*
Increasing Depressive Symptoms	1.3 [1.1, 1.6]**
Age (reference: <50)
51 - 64	0.7 [0.3, 1.4]
65 - 74	0.7 [0.3, 1.7]
> 75	2.0 [0.8, 5.1]
Male	1.1 [0.6, 1.9]
Hispanic/Non-Caucasian	0.8 [0.4, 1.8]
Caring for one or more minor children	0.5 [0.3, 0.98]*
Heart Failure Registry	10.2 [3.7, 27.9]***
Comorbidities (reference: 0-1)
2-3	2.3 [0.9, 5.9]
4-10	3.7 [1.3, 10.5]*
Heart Failure * 2-3 Comorbidities	0.4 [0.1, 1.5]
Heart Failure * 4-10 Comorbidities	0.2 [0.1, 0.7]*

^#Using dataset with imputed values for missing data

See Appendix B for items/calculations used to create Independent Variables

^*p <0.05

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001