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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Oct 1;9(2):906–912. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.09.027

Table IV.

Demographic associations of having RMS specified as free-text in patients with a vancomycin DAL coded as hives, itching, flushing, swelling, anaphylaxis, bronchospasm, rash, other, and unknown (n=10,051).

RMS entered as free-text
Patient characteristics Unadjusted Odds ratio (95% CI) Adjusted Odds ratio (95% CI)*
Sex
 Female [ref] [ref]
 Male 1.30 (1.17, 1.44) 1.30 (1.17, 1.44)*
Race
 White [ref] [ref]
 Black 0.59 (0.47, 0.75) 0.59 (0.47, 0.75)
 Hispanic 1.16 (0.82, 1.53) 1.16 (0.83, 1.64)
 Asian 0.78 (0.54, 1.13) 0.78 (0.54, 1.12)
 Other 1.00 (0.67, 1.22) 1.00 (0.77, 1.28)
 Mixed race 1.38 (0.67, 2.83) 1.40 (0.68, 2.88)
 Unknown 0.91 (0.67, 1.22) 0.90 (0.67, 1.22)

RMS, Red man syndrome

*

Adjusted for sex and race

Patients with more than one race/ethnicity coded in their electronic health records

Patients without a race/ethnicity listed in their electronic health records