Table 2.

Odds Ratios for Basic Clinical and Demographic Variables Included in the Adjusted Logistic Regression Analyses for Admission, Discharge, and Change in BNP and 30‐Day Heart Failure Readmission

	Admission BNP Odds Ratio (95% CI)	Discharge BNP Odds Ratio (95% CI)	Change in BNP Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Age	0.987 (0.985 to 0.990)	0.988 (0.985 to 0.992)	0.988 (0.982 to 0.995)
Female	0.652 (0.501 to 0.847)	0.681 (0.460 to 1.009)	0.621 (0.298 to 1.295)
Race (nonblack vs. missing)	1.264 (1.033 to 1.547)	1.026 (0.764 to 1.379)	0.986 (0.567 to 1.715)
Race (black vs. missing)	1.646 (1.339 to 2.024)	1.431 (1.059 to 1.934)	1.451 (0.825 to 2.554)
Year hospitalized (2006 vs. 2009)	1.018 (0.935 to 1.109)	0.958 (0.843 to 1.090)	0.981 (0.767 to 1.253)
Year hospitalized (2007 vs. 2009)	1.006 (0.928 to 1.091)	0.923 (0.819 to 1.040)	1.118 (0.903 to 1.385)
Year hospitalized (2008 vs. 2009)	0.982 (0.909 to 1.062)	0.980 (0.875 to 1.097)	1.055 (0.859 to 1.295)
No history of diabetes	0.814 (0.760 to 0.872)	0.831 (0.752 to 0.917)	0.874 (0.726 to 1.052)
No history of hypertension	0.922 (0.786 to 1.081)	0.855 (0.674 to 1.085)	0.905 (0.594 to 1.381)
No history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	0.611 (0.566 to 0.660)	0.617 (0.553 to 0.689)	0.603 (0.489 to 0.744)
No history of coronary artery disease	0.601 (0.544 to 0.663)	0.688 (0.597 to 0.794)	0.669 (0.515 to 0.869)
No history of stroke	0.847 (0.795 to 0.902)	0.841 (0.766 to 0.922)	0.808 (0.683 to 0.955)
Sodium	0.959 (0.952 to 0.965)	0.950 (0.941 to 0.960)	0.959 (0.943 to 0.976)
Creatinine	1.015 (0.995 to 1.035)	1.006 (0.976 to 1.036)	1.051 (0.984 to 1.123)
Hemoglobin	0.924 (0.910 to 0.939)	0.922 (0.901 to 0.944)	0.938 (0.900 to 0.978)

BNP indicates B‐type natriuretic peptide; CI, confidence interval.