TABLE 2.
Adjusteda odds of urinary tract infections (UTI) diagnosis in emergency department (ED) encounters for older adults with and without a dementia diagnosis
| Covariate | Odds ratio | 95% confidence limits |
|---|---|---|
| Dementia | 2.266 | 2.207, 2.326 |
| Modified comorbidity score | 1.092 | 1.089, 1.095 |
| Male | 0.465 | 0.455, 0.476 |
| Age | 1.025 | 1.023, 1.026 |
| Skilled nursing facility residence | 1.280 | 1.205, 1.359 |
| Recent catheterization | 4.305 | 3.682, 5.032 |
| History of prostate cancer | 1.017 | 0.964 1.073 |
| Recurrent UTI history | 6.354 | 6.067, 6.655 |
| Medicaid dual eligibility | 0.783 | 0.765, 0.802 |
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Max‐rescaled R‐Square of logistic regression model: 0.1247.