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. 2019 Jul 23;14:1639–1655. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S194019

Table S4.

All-cause and respiratory hospitalization by GOLD 2011 and GOLD 2017 classifications, univariate and multivariate* Cox proportional hazards regression analyses

All-cause hospitalizations Respiratory hospitalizations
GOLD group Hazard ratio (95% CI) Adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI) Hazard ratio (95% CI) Adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI)
2011 group A 1 1 1 1
2011 group B 1.8 (1.3–2.3) 1.6 (1.2–2.1) 1.9 (0.8–4.5) 2.0 (0.8–5.2)
2011 group C 1.7 (1.1–2.6) 1.6 (1.0–2.4) 2.7 (0.9–8.5) 2.6 (0.8–8.4)
2011 group D 2.4 (1.8–3.1) 2.0 (1.5–2.6) 9.1 (4.2–19.6) 9.6 (4.1–22.1)
Harrell’s C** 0.60 0.66 0.72 0.77
2017 group A 1 1 1 1
2017 group B 1.9 (1.5–2.4) 1.6 (1.3–2.1) 5.8 (2.9–11.6) 5.6 (2.7–11.6)
2017 group C 2.7 (1.5–4.7) 3.5 (2.0–6.3) 5.7 (1.5–21.0) 8.1 (2.1–30.8)
2017 group D 3.0 (2.2–4.0) 2.6 (1.9–3.5) 12.1 (5.7–25.4) 11.9 (5.4–26.2)
Harrell’s C** 0.61 0.67 0.69 0.78
2017 group 2A 1 1 1 1
2017 group 2B 1.7 (1.3–2.3) 1.5 (1.2–2.0) 2.1 (0.8–5.3) 2.2 (0.8–5.8)
2017 group 2D 3.2 (2.0–4.9) 2.3 (1.5–3.7) 9.4 (3.3–26.7) 7.7 (2.6–23.3)
2017 group 3B 2.0 (1.5–2.8) 1.7 (1.2–2.3) 9.9 (4.4–22.3) 8.3 (3.4–20.0)
2017 group 3D 2.4 (1.6–3.6) 2.1 (1.3–3.2) 12.4 (5.0–30.7) 13.2 (5.0–34.8)
2017 group 4B 2.7 (1.8–4.0) 2.2 (1.5–3.3 19.7 (8.5–45.7) 20.3 (8.1–50.7)
2017 group 4D 5.1 (3.1–8.3) 5.5 (3.3–9.1 26.6 (10.1–70.3) 36.5 (12.7–104.5)
Harrell’s C** 0.62 0.68 0.77 0.83

Notes: *Multivariate models adjusted for gender, age, smoking, body mass index, comorbidities (diabetes, angina/heart attack, high blood pressure). **Posthoc estimation of Harrel's C concordance statistic following Cox regression.