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

Table 2.

Odds ratio table of systolic blood pressure 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.

Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

<80 mmHg 81–89 90–99 100–120 121–180 180+

Age (years) 18–24 OR 9.76 6.39 1.59 1.00 1.15 1.89
CI (95%) 3.5–27.1 3.4–11.9 1.1–2.3 N/A 1.0–1.3 0.3–14.1
N 142 591 7,432 116,227 174,311 179

25–44 OR 31.50 6.15 2.20 1.32 1.41 5.60
CI (95%) 20.1–49.4 4.0–9.5 1.7–2.8 1.2–1.5 1.3–1.6 4.0–7.9
N 269 1,282 15,268 246,078 500,120 2,383

45–64 OR 82.30 27.96 8.55 2.82 2.62 7.35
CI (95%) 57.6–117.6 20.9–37.3 7.0–10.4 2.5–3.2 2.3–2.9 6.0–9.0
N 219 783 5,780 91,912 319,683 6,511

65–74 OR 116.78 55.90 19.18 6.21 4.30 10.02
CI (95%) 73.1–186.4 38.7–80.7 14.8–24.8 5.3–7.2 3.8–4.9 7.9–12.8
N 101 267 1,448 19,389 92,220 3,048

75+ OR 105.63 50.69 24.95 11.83 7.91 11.33
CI (95%) 71.4–156.3 36.5–70.4 20.1–31.0 10.3–13.6 7.0–8.9 9.2–13.9
N 155 367 1,755 17,065 77,638 4,118

mmHg, millimeters of mercury; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; n, sample size; N/A, not applicable