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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Infect Control. 2014 Nov 25;42(12):1296–1302. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.08.019

Table 2.

Age, sex, distance to hospital, month and year adjusted associations with community-acquired infections

Community-
acquired
bloodstream
infection
Community-
acquired urinary
tract infection
Community-
acquired
pneumonia
Factors present on admission OR OR OR
Race/Ethnicity (non-Hispanic White
as reference)
Non-Hispanic Black 1.59 (1.29, 1.96) 1.55 (1.35, 1.77) 1.36 (0.96, 1.93)
Hispanic 1.19 (0.96, 1.47) 1.31 (1.15, 1.49) 0.96 (0.67, 1.37)
Other 1.10 (0.78, 1.55) 1.14 (0.92, 1.42) 0.62 (0.31, 1.23)
Missing 1.35 (1.04, 1.76) 1.56 (1.33, 1.83) 1.27 (0.83, 1.94)
Age (1 year increase in age) 1.014 (1.010,
1.018)
1.023 (1.020,
1.026)
1.012 (1.005,
1.019)
Male 1.45 (1.26, 1.67) 0.40 (0.37, 0.44) 1.64 (1.29, 2.09)
Distance to the hospital (<= 2 miles
as reference)
2-5 miles 0.79 (0.66, 0.95) 0.80 (0.71, 0.89) 0.81 (0.59, 1.12)
>5 miles 0.35 (0.30, 0.42) 0.37 (0.33, 0.40) 0.49 (0.37, 0.63)
Neighborhood Median Household
Income (>$75,000 as reference
$50,001-75,000 1.70 (1.20, 2.43) 1.32 (1.07, 1.63) 1.16 (0.70, 1.92)
$30,001-50,000 2.00 (1.42, 2.81) 1.59 (1.30, 1.94) 1.34 (0.82, 2.18)
<=$30,000 2.28 (1.60, 3.26) 1.83 (1.49, 2.26) 1.90 (1.12, 3.20)
Primary
payer
< 65 years
of age
Private HMO as
reference
Medicaid 1.26 (1.02, 1.55) 1.54 (1.34, 1.76) 1.90 (1.35, 2.67)
>=65 years
of age
Medicare Part A +
other
0.95 (0.68, 1.34) 1.18 (0.96, 1.46) 1.12 (0.63, 1.99)
Medicare Part A only 1.01 (0.78, 1.31) 1.39 (1.18, 1.64) 0.98 (0.63, 1.53)
No Medicare / Private 0.79 (0.56, 1.13) 1.02 (0.82, 1.27) 1.10 (0.63, 1.99)
Comorbidity present on admission
Diabetes 1.22 (1.04, 1.43) 1.36 (1.24, 1.50) 1.09 (0.82, 1.44)
Renal failure 4.48 (3.86, 5.21) 2.63 (2.37, 2.91) 3.43 (2.65, 4.45)
Malignancy 1.63 (1.36, 1.96) 1.13 (0.99, 1.28) 0.98 (0.68, 1.40)
Transplant history 2.92 (2.07, 4.12) 2.52 (1.96, 3.25) 2.10 (1.11, 3.97)
Substance abuse 1.14 (0.86, 1.51) 0.98 (0.79, 1.22) 2.40 (1.64, 3.50)
Chronic dermatitis 2.81 (2.22, 3.55) 1.48 (1.22, 1.80) 0.91 (0.48, 1.71)
Charlson
score
2+ vs 0,1 2.63 (2.27, 3.05) 1.58 (1.45, 1.73) 2.66 (2.08, 3.42)
Admission through the ER 7.49 (5.97, 9.41) 5.85 (5.12, 6.68) 3.73 (2.69, 5.17)