Table 3A.
Risk of readmission associated with different factors
| Parameters | Readmission within 3 months | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR* | 95 CI for OR | ||||
| Lower | Upper | ||||
| 1 | Age | 1.036 | 0.982 | 1.094 | 0.1 |
| 2 | Gender male | 2.769 | 0.582 | 13.177 | 0.2 |
| 3 | GI bleed yes | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | HE yes | 0.948 | 0.255 | 3.527 | 0.9 |
| 5 | Hydrothorax yes | 18.386 | 1.666 | 202.9 | 0.01 |
| 6 | HRS yes | 24.573 | 3.635 | 166.1 | 0.001 |
| 7 | PVT yes | 5.306 | 1.299 | 21.670 | 0.02 |
| 8 | HCC yes | 1.763 | 0.068 | 45.545 | 0.7 |
| 9 | N | 0.988 | 0.941 | 1.037 | 0.6 |
| 10 | Platelets | 0.970 | 0.466 | 2.019 | 0.9 |
| 11 | Total bilirubin | 0.990 | 0.892 | 1.100 | 0.8 |
| 12 | AST/ALT | 0.815 | 0.306 | 2.170 | 0.6 |
| 13 | Albumin | 1.664 | 0.594 | 4.663 | 0.3 |
| 14 | Urea | 0.996 | 0.964 | 1.029 | 0.8 |
| 15 | Creatinine | 0.856 | 0.240 | 3.057 | 0.8 |
| 16 | Na | 0.998 | 0.931 | 1.071 | 0.9 |
| 17 | K | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | DF | 1.053 | 1.011 | 1.096 | 0.01 |
| 19 | MELD | 1.238 | 1.028 | 1.492 | 0.02 |
| 20 | CTP (B) | 5.101 | 0.400 | 65.050 | 0.2 |
| 21 | CTP (C) | 17.276 | 1.295 | 230.51 | 0.031 |
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; GI, gastrointestinal; HE, hepatic encephalopathy; HRS, hepatorenal syndrome; PVT, portal vein thrombosis; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; INR, international normalized ratio; PT, prothrombin time; DF, discriminant function; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; CTP, Child–Turcotte–Pugh; AST, aspartate transaminase; ALT, alanine transaminase
p values in boldface indicate statistical significance;
*
obtained using multivariate logistic regression