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. 2019 Oct;16(10):1332–1334. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201902-176RL

Table 2.

Nested model coefficients

Model Variable β-Coefficient Odds Ratio (95% CI) P Value
Unadjusted maximum SOFA score Maximum SOFA score (per 1-point increase) 0.17 1.18 (1.16–1.20) <0.001
Unadjusted new-onset AF New-onset AF 0.93 2.54 (1.94–3.32) <0.001
Sepsis-3 model Maximum SOFA score 0.17 1.18 (1.16–1.20) <0.001
  Age (per 1-yr increase) 0.004 1.02 (1.02–1.03) 0.66
  Age × age 0.0001 NA 0.14
  Female vs. male −0.02 0.98 (0.88–1.09) 0.68
  Ethnicity/race     <0.001
  White vs. black 0.26 1.30 (1.08–1.57)  
  Hispanic vs. black 0.02 1.02 (0.70–1.49)  
  Asian vs. black 0.02 1.02 (0.69–1.50)  
  Other vs. black 0.24 1.28 (0.87–1.87)  
  Unknown vs. black 0.83 2.30 (1.81–2.94)  
  Elixhauser score (per 1-point increase) 0.06 1.05 (1.04–1.06) <0.001
  Elixhauser score × Elixhauser score −0.0007 NA 0.025
Sepsis-3 with new-onset AF New-onset AF 0.58 1.78 (1.34–2.38) <0.001
  Maximum SOFA score 0.16 1.18 (1.16–1.19) <0.001
  Age (per 1-yr increase) 0.004 1.02 (1.02–1.03) 0.77
  Age × age 0.0001 NA 0.14
  Female vs. male −0.02 0.98 (0.88–1.10) 0.76
  Ethnicity/race     <0.001
  White vs. black 0.26 1.30 (1.07–1.57)  
  Hispanic vs. black 0.02 1.02 (0.70–1.49)  
  Asian vs. black 0.01 1.02 (0.69–1.50)  
  Other vs. black 0.25 1.29 (0.88–1.88)  
  Unknown vs. black 0.84 2.31 (1.81–2.95)  
  Elixhauser score (per 1-point increase) 0.06 1.05 (1.04–1.06) <0.001
  Elixhauser score × Elixhauser score −0.0007 NA 0.025

Definition of abbreviations: AF = atrial fibrillation; CI = confidence interval; NA = not applicable; Sepsis-3 = Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock; SOFA = Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.