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Table 5.

Correlation of MRCI Score with Patient Metrics (N=800)

Site, Cohort	Correlation Coefficient
Site, Cohort	Medication Count	Charlson Comorbidity Index	Chronic Disease Score	Number of Comorbidities	Age	Female Gender
CU, geriatric depression	0.84^*	0.33^*	0.43^*	0.46^*	0.01	0.04
SD, geriatric depression	0.93^*	0.21^*	0.60^*	0.24^*	−0.06	0.01
CU, diabetes	0.89^*	0.42^*	0.31^*	0.57^*	0.18	0.03
SD, diabetes	0.89^*	0.26^*	0.49^*	0.45^*	0.11	0.05
CU, HIV infection	0.92^*	0.40^*	0.56^*	0.64^*	0.25^*	0.02
SD, HIV infection	0.93^*	0.16	0.65^*	0.32^*	0.20^*	0.10
CU, hypertension	0.84^*	0.34^*	0.40^*	0.48^*	−0.01	0.11
SD, hypertension	0.89^*	0.22^*	0.55^*	0.38^*	0.14	0.13
All cohorts	0.90^*	0.37^*	0.46^*	0.47^*	0.08^*	0.06^*

MRCI = Medication Regimen Complexity Index; CU = University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; SD = University of California, San Diego; DM = diabetes, HTN = hypertension; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; GD = geriatric depression.

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