Table 6.

Association of single morbidity, morbidity clusters, and cluster interactions with hospitalization in women

Model 1 single morbidity		Model 2 morbidity clusters		Model 3 Iinteractions between morbidity clusters
Predictors	OR (95% CI); p	Predictors	OR (95% CI); p	Predictors	OR (95% CI); p
No. of GP visits	1.4 (1.2-1.6); <0.001	No. of GP visits	1.3 (1.1-1.6); <0.001	Sheltered accommodation/ Nursing home	2.5 (1.0-5.9); 0.044
Heart failure	3.4 (1.6-7.3); 0.002	Cluster 2	0.4 (0.2-0.8); 0.006	No. of GP visits	1.4 (1.2-1.6); <0.001
Urinary incontinence	0.4 (0.2-0.8); 0.012	Cluster 3	1.7 (1.2-2.4); 0.004	Cluster 3	2.3 (1.5-3.5); <0.001
				Cluster 2* Cluster 3	0.5 (0.3-0.8); 0.005
Nagelkerke R2	0.19	Nagelkerke R2	0.193	Nagelkerke R2	0.213

Odds Ratios (ORs) with 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) in parentheses and p-values are shown.

GP, General practitioner;

Cluster 2: incontinence, osteoarthritis; Cluster 3: myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, heart failure, asthma/COPD, and osteoporosis.

Predictors excluded in model 1: type of housing, marital status, level of education, working status, no. of used assistive tecknology, no. of used assistance service, self-rated health, malignancy, hypertension, myocardial infarction, arrythmia, hyperlipidemia, COPD/asthma, diabetes, dementia, affective disorder, thyroid dysfunction, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, thrombosis/PVD, and stroke.

Predictors excluded in model 2: type of housing, marital status, level of education, working status, no. of used assistive tecknology, no. of used assistance service, self-rated health, Cluster 1, Cluster 4, and Cluster 5.

Predictors excluded in model 3: marital status, level of education, working status, no. of used assistive tecknology, no. of used assistance service, self-rated health, Cluster 1, Cluster 2, Cluster 4, Cluster 5, Cluster 1*Cluster 2, Cluster 4* Cluster 2, Cluster 5* Cluster 2, Cluster 1* Cluster 3, Cluster 4*Cluster 3, Cluster 5*Cluster 3.