Table 6.
Odds ratios for hospital contacts by clinical characteristics
|
At least one hospital contact |
Increased number of hospital contacts |
Increased number of days in hospital |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | OR | 95% CI | p-value | |
|
Study cohorts |
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
| Controls |
reference |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ALL survivors |
2.5 |
1.5–4.3 |
<0.001 |
2.7 |
1.6–4.3 |
<0.001 |
3.0 |
1.8–4.8 |
<0.001 |
|
Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
reference |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Female |
1.3 |
1.1–1.7 |
0.007 |
1.3 |
1.3–1.5 |
<0.001 |
1.3 |
1.2–1.4 |
<0.001 |
|
Age at diagnosis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| <5 yrs |
reference |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 5-9 yrs |
1.0 |
0.8–1.3 |
0.94 |
1.0 |
0.9–1.1 |
0.72 |
1.0 |
0.9–1.1 |
0.73 |
| 10-17 yrs |
0.9 |
0.6–1.2 |
0.40 |
0.9 |
0.8–1.0 |
0.02 |
0.9 |
0.8–1.0 |
0.03 |
|
Interaction terms |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Case-Female |
0.8 |
0.5–1.5 |
0.55 |
0.9 |
0.5–1.6 |
0.76 |
0.9 |
0.5–1.5 |
0.56 |
| Case-age 5–9 yrs at diagnosis |
0.8 |
0.4–1.6 |
0.62 |
0.8 |
0.5–1.5 |
0.52 |
0.8 |
0.4–1.4 |
0.34 |
| Case-age 10–17 yrs at diagnosis | 0.5 | 0.2–1.2 | 0.15 | 0.5 | 0.2–1.1 | 0.10 | 0.4 | 0.2–1.0 | 0.05 |
OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval.