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. 2016 Aug 8;17(5):591–599. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2016.6.30353

Table 1.

Odds ratio table of heart rate ranges and hospitalization within 3 days subsequent to an urgent care visit, subsegmented by age. Note, the top number in each row denotes the odds ratio, the second is the 95% confidence internal, and the last is the sample size within each grouping.

Heart Rate (bpm)

<60 bpm 60–100 101–129 130+

Age (years) 18–24 OR 0.77 1.00 3.31 17.55
CI (95%) 0.5–1.1 N/A 2.9–3.8 14.1–21.8
n 16,247 35,331 45,273 2,745

25–44 OR 1.19 1.35 4.67 16.52
CI (95%) 0.9–1.5 1.2–1.5 4.2–5.2 13.9–19.7
n 34,512 619,284 105,487 5,008

45–64 OR 2.22 2.89 11.54 51.40
CI (95%) 1.8–2.8 2.6–3.2 10.4–12.9 42.1–62.7
n 19,134 362,062 41,619 1,344

65–74 OR 4.24 5.48 20.90 121.51
CI (95%) 3.3–5.5 4.9–6.1 18.2–23.9 92.3–159.9
n 7,220 100,256 8,637 350

75+ OR 9.82 10.57 33.41 104.01
CI (95%) 8.2–11.8 9.6–11.7 29.3–38.1 78.2–138.3
n 7,648 86,740 6,479 354

bpm, beats per minute; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; n, sample size; N/A, not applicable