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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2016 Mar 5;173:175–182.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.02.018

Table 3.

Cox proportional hazards regression models assessing associations between census tract crime and patient-level asthma-related reutilization hazard

Model 1 HR (95% CI) Model 2 AHR (95% CI)* Model 3 AHR (95% CI)** Model 4 AHR (95% CI)
Violent crime rate (per 1,000 individuals)
 Low Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Medium low 1.25 (0.89, 1.76) 1.20 (0.82, 1.76) 1.03 (0.72, 1.46) 1.03 (0.70, 1.51)
 Medium high 1.44 (1.05, 1.99) 1.37 (0.84, 2.25) 1.18 (0.80, 1.57) 1.21 (0.73, 1.99)
 High 1.24 (0.90, 1.73) 1.23 (0.73, 2.04) 0.91 (0.64, 1.29) 1.05 (0.63, 1.76)
Crime rate (per 1,000 individuals)
 Low Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Medium low 0.96 (0.71, 1.30) 0.83 (0.57, 1.20) 0.85 (0.62, 1.16) 0.82 (0.56, 1.18)
 Medium high 1.33 (1.01, 1.75) 1.18 (0.80, 1.76) 1.10 (0.83, 1.47) 1.17 (0.78, 1.75)
 High 1.06 (0.79, 1.42) 1.00 (0.65, 1.55) 0.85 (0.62, 1.15) 0.99 (0.63, 1.54)
*

Model 2 adjusts for significant population-level covariates (poverty, unemployment, housing code violation density)

**

Model 3 adjusts for patient-level covariates (age, sex, race, insurance)

Model 4 adjusts for both population- and patient-level covariates