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. 2016 May 29;8(7):537–543. doi: 10.14740/jocmr2573w

Table 2. Predictors of Home Discharge Among Survivors of Hospitalizations With Necrotizing Fasciitis.

Covariate Odds ratio 95% confidence interval P
Age (years)a
  65-74 0.667 0.560 - 0.794 < 0.0001
  ≥ 75 0.349 0.292 - 0.417 < 0.0001
Maleb 1.166 1.058 - 1.285 0.0020
Race/ethnicityc
  Black 0.946 0.817 - 1.095 0.4561
  Hispanic 1.193 1.056 - 1.349 0.0046
  Other 1.032 0.859 - 1.239 0.7388
Poverty ≥ 20%d 1.243 1.105 - 1.398 0.0003
Health insurancee
  No health insurance 2.161 1.183 - 2.521 < 0.0001
  Medicaid 1.547 1.307 - 1.830 < 0.0001
  Medicare 0.582 0.510 - 0.663 < 0.0001
Chronic co-morbidity
  Congestive heart failure 0.836 0.719 - 0.972 0.0201
  Peripheral vascular disease 0.778 0.662 - 0.915 0.0024
  Dementia 0.531 0.272 - 1.037 0.0637
  Lung disease 0.982 0.842 - 1.145 0.8127
  Connective tissue disease 0.983 0.725 - 1.334 0.9140
  Diabetes 0.996 0.901 - 1.101 0.9373
  Renal disease 0.720 0.625 - 0.830 < 0.0001
  Chronic liver disease 0.684 0.522 - 0.895 0.0057
  Malignancy 0.773 0.609 - 0.980 0.0333
  Cerebrovascular disease 0.549 0.430 - 0.702 < 0.0001
  HIV infectionf 0.829 0.475 - 1.448 0.5103
Teaching hospital 1.264 1.127 - 1.418 < 0.0001
Type of organ failure
  Respiratory 0.464 0.386 - 0.558 < 0.0001
  Cardiovascular 0.671 0.570 - 0.790 < 0.0001
  Renal 0.717 0.625 - 0.822 0.0042
  Hepatic 1.326 0.726 - 2.422 0.3591
  Hematological 0.874 0.712 - 1.073 0.1978
  Metabolic 0.778 0.632 - 0.958 0.0180
  Neurological 0.573 0.418 - 0.787 0.0006
Life-support interventions
  Mechanical ventilation 0.339 0.199 - 0.578 < 0.0001
  Central venous catheterization 1.747 1.563 - 1.954 < 0.0001
  Hemodialysis 1.337 1.020 - 1.754 0.0354

aAge < 65 years was used as referent. bFemale gender was used as referent; gender was masked in 1,017 hospitalizations. The model to examine the role of gender was restricted to hospitalizations with available gender designation (n = 9,707). cWhite race was used as referent. dPoverty level < 20% used as referent. ePrivate insurance was used as referent. fHuman immunodeficiency virus.