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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 Dec 2;67(3):503–510. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15682

Table 5:

One-way, Two-way, and Three-way Comorbidity Combinations with the Highest Impact on Mortality

Combination of comorbidities Percent with Combination
(Coverage)
Percent died in-hospital
(Confidence)
Odds Ratio Adjusted Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval

One-way combination
 Coagulopathy 8.3% 17.2% 4.35 3.74 3.41–4.11
 Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders 44.1% 9.4% 3.89 2.89 2.66–3.14
 Liver Disease 4.7% 7.2% 1.32 1.89 1.61–2.22
 Weight Loss 14.8% 11.9% 2.86 1.84 1.70–2.01
 Peripheral Vascular Disorders 11.7% 10.5% 2.24 1.82 1.66–2.00
 Paralysis 1.9% 10.3% 1.97 1.78 1.44–2.19
 Congestive Heart Failure 15.9% 9.4% 2.03 1.74 1.59–1.90
 Arrhythmias 33.2% 8.4% 2.09 1.73 1.60–1.86
 Pulmonary Circulation Disorders 4.4% 9.8% 1.89 1.65 1.43–1.91
 Renal Failure 18.5% 8.1% 1.66 1.53 1.40–1.67
Two-way combination
 Coagulopathy & Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders 5.3% 22.4% 5.91 4.65 4.20–5.15
 Coagulopathy & Peripheral Vascular Disorders 1.4% 24.5% 5.76 4.21 3.52–5.04
 Liver Disease & Weight Loss 0.7% 18.1% 3.77 3.71 2.84–4.85
 Coagulopathy & Arrhythmias 3.7% 19.1% 4.40 3.64 3.22–4.12
 Coagulopathy & Chronic Pulmonary Disease 1.9% 19.0% 4.16 3.58 3.03–4.23
 Coagulopathy & Weight Loss 2.2% 21.4% 4.89 3.37 2.90–3.92
 Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders & Liver Disease 2.1% 13.1% 2.61 3.09 2.56–3.72
 Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders & Peripheral
 Vascular Disorders
6.0% 16.0% 3.67 2.61 2.35–2.90
 Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders & Paralysis 1.1% 14.5% 2.91 2.43 1.90–3.10
 Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders & Arrhythmias 17.1% 12.2% 3.13 2.37 2.19–2.56
Three-way combination
 Coagulopathy & Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders &
 Peripheral Vascular Disorders
1.0% 30.2% 7.62 5.10 4.17–6.24
 Coagulopathy & Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders &
 Chronic Pulmonary Disease
1.3% 25.0% 5.89 4.83 4.00–5.82
 Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders & Liver Disease &
 Weight Loss
0.5% 21.6% 4.71 4.43 3.30–5.97
 Coagulopathy & Chronic Pulmonary Disease &
 Arrhythmias
1.0% 21.2% 4.65 3.89 3.10–4.87
 Coagulopathy & Congestive Heart Failure &
 Chronic Pulmonary Disease
0.7% 21.2% 4.61 3.81 2.91–5.00
 Coagulopathy & Congestive Heart Failure & Weight
 Loss
0.6% 24.1% 5.43 3.61 2.73–4.78
 Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders & Liver Disease &
 Arrhythmias
0.7% 15.8% 3.20 3.49 2.60–4.67
 Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders & Peripheral
 Vascular Disorders & Arrhythmias
2.7% 18.3% 4.05 2.88 2.49–3.31
 Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders & Peripheral
 Vascular Disorders & Renal Failure
1.9% 18.0% 3.87 2.87 2.42–3.40
 Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders & Pulmonary
 Circulation Disorders & Renal Failure
0.8% 15.9% 3.24 2.77 2.13–3.62

Coverage = percentage of population with that combination

Confidence = percentage of population that have the outcome (i.e. died in-hospital), among those with the combination

Adjusted Odds Ratio calculated with multivariable logistic regression, adjusted for all variables in Table 1. The p-value from the Wald test for all odds ratios and adjusted odds ratios presented in the table is p<0.001.