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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2016 Sep 23;21(SUP2):135–140. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2016.1179371

Table 4.

Associations with Readmissions: Multivariable Logistic Regression

Age < 65 Age ≥ 65


OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P


Low HL 0.78 (0.56-1.09) 0.15 3.15 (1.77-5.61) < 0.001
Female 0.86 (0.63-1.17) 0.33 0.95 (0.56-1.61) 0.84
AA 0.82 (0.58-1.18) 0.29 0.40 (0.22-0.74) 0.004
Health < good 1.41 (1.04-1.93) 0.03 0.90 (0.53-1.52) 0.69
HS graduate 0.66 (0.42-1.02) 0.06 0.96 (0.51-1.83) 0.91
N 815 345

Abbreviations: HL, health literacy; AA, African -American;, high school