Table 2.

Multivariate analyses of possible risk factors for hospitalization in our study population

Variables*	Odds ratio [95% confidence interval]	p value
A. Age	1.06 [1.03-1.09]	p < 0.001
Male gender	1.83 [1.002-3.35]	p = 0.049
Hypertension	1.3 [0.63–2.69]	p = 0.46
Coronary artery disease	1.59 [0.38–6.6]	p = 0.52
Type 2 diabetes	2.24 [0.75–6.6]	p = 0.15
Hypocalcemia (AC)	2.27 [2.72–11.6]	p < 0.001
eGFR	1 [0.99–1.02]	p = 0.42
LDH	1.004 [1.001–1.007]	p = 0.004
CRP	1.008 [1.002–1.014]	p = 0.011
B. Age	1.06 [1.03–1.09]	p < 0.001
Male gender	1.67 [0.91–3.0.6]	p = 0.097
Hypertension	1.23 [0.59–2.52]	p = 0.57
Coronary artery disease	1.83 [0.45–7.47]	p = 0.4
Type 2 diabetes	1.95 [0.67–5.61]	p = 0.22
Hypocalcemia (SC)	4.15 [2.21–7.78]	p < 0.001
eGFR	0.99 [0.98–1.01]	p = 0.46
LDH	1.005 [1.002–1.008]	p = 0.003
CRP	1.009 [1.002–1.015]	p = 0.006

*Only variables with p < 0.3 in univariate analyses were included in multivariate analyses. Section A: hypocalcemia based on AC; section B: hypocalcemia based on SC. P values reported in bold are those statistically significant.