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. 2019 Nov 11;35(5):1591–1592. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05507-4

Table 2.

Multivariate Analysis of Social Determinants and Missed Clinic Visits. Analysis Adjusted for the Following Baseline Characteristics: Age, Race, Charlson Comorbidity Index, Substance Abuse, Mental Health Disorders, and Other SDOH Covariates. SDOH Social Determinant of Health. Substance Abuse Includes Alcohol or Drug Abuse

Multivariate analysis
Odds of ≥ 2 missed clinic visit
Unadjusted analysis Adjusted analysis
Age *0.96 (0.94–0.97) *0.96 (0.94–0.98)
Race
White Reference Reference
Black *3.3 (2.38–4.57) *2.71 (1.38–5.75)
Other 1.08 (0.53–1.99) 0.92 (0.49–1.89)
Charlson Comorbidity Index 1.05 (0.93–1.12) 0.98 (0.92–1.04)
Substance abuse *1.97 (1.39–2.78) 1.33 (0.90–1.94)
Mental health disorder 0.97 (0.69–1.37) 0.91 (0.63–1.28)
Lives alone *1.70 (1.21–2.36) *1.58 (1.10–2.24)
Marginal housing *9.68 (4.19–23.52) *5.69 (2.28–14.73)
Lacks social support *4.27 (1.25–13.49) 2.51 (0.60–9.28)

*P < 0.05