Table 3.
Odds Ratios for Reporting at least 2 Hospitalizations in Last Year in CHD plus Multimorbidity Pattern versus CHD alone among Adults Aged 45+, NHANES 1999–2004
| Pattern | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coronary Heart Disease+… diseases | Prevalence (%) | Odds Ratio * | 95% CI | |
| none, i.e. Coronary Heart Disease | 22.7 | ref. | ||
| Arthritis | 22.2 | 1.36 | 0.77 | 2.38 |
| Arthritis + Diabetes Mellitus | 7.7 | 2.33 | 1.18 | 4.62 |
| Arthritis + Chronic Lower Respiratory Tract Disease | 7.1 | 1.48 | 0.84 | 2.59 |
| Arthritis + Congestive Heart Failure | 5.5 | 2.20 | 1.04 | 4.63 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 5.2 | 1.72 | 1.16 | 2.55 |
| Coronary Heart DIsease+…clinical factors | ||||
| none of clinical factors | 24.1 | ref. | ||
| >4 medications | 13.1 | 3.15 | 1.75 | 5.66 |
| >4 medications+Dizziness or Falls+Urinary Incontinence | 7.0 | 4.65 | 1.37 | 15.79 |
| >4 medications+Urinary Incontinence | 6.0 | 3.51 | 1.32 | 9.32 |
| Urinary Incontinence | 4.5 | 1.11 | 0.53 | 2.33 |
| >4 medications+Low GFR+Urinary Incontinence | 3.4 | 4.44 | 1.28 | 15.44 |
| Dizziness or Falls+Urinary Incontinence | 2.9 | 1.48 | 0.59 | 3.70 |
| Coronary Heart Disease+…health status factors | ||||
| none of functional factors | 22.4 | ref. | ||
| Mobility Difficulty | 11.4 | 2.05 | 1.15 | 3.67 |
| Mobility Difficulty +Hearing Impairment | 3.3 | 2.11 | 0.87 | 5.16 |
| Hearing Impairment | 2.8 | 1.03 | 0.52 | 2.05 |
| Mobility Difficulty +Visual Impairment | 2.4 | 3.24 | 1.65 | 6.38 |
| Visual Impairment | 1.9 | 1.58 | 0.84 | 2.99 |
*
Odds Ratio using adults with Coronary Heart Disease as referent, i.e. odds if have Coronary Heart Disease+multimorbidity pattern / odds if have Coronary Heart Disease. Bold identifies patterns with statistically significant odds ratios. Models adjusted for age (continuous) and access to care (at least 2 physician visits in last year). Gender, education, income and race were not significant predictors after accounting for complexity factors, age and access to care.
GFR: glomerular filtration rate