Table 3.

MRCI Scores and Correlation With BMI Percentile, Hospital Admissions, and Infections Requiring Antibiotics

Variable	BMI Percentile, r	Hospital Admissions, r	Infections Requiring Oral Antibiotics, r	Infections Requiring IV Antibiotics, r
Initial MRCI score	−0.162	0.440*	0.455*	0.338*
Low (n = 16)†	−0.312	0.196	0.673*	0.196
Medium (n = 88)‡	−0.128	0.364*	0.223*	0.304*
High (n = 9)§	0.569	0.461	0.043	0.487
Final MRCI score	−0.125	0.474*	0.236*	0.458*
Low (n = 15)†	−0.223	0.140	0.446*	—
Medium (n = 87)‡	−0.096	0.435*	−0.019	0.336*
High (n = 11)§	0.210	0.5477	0.259	0.057

MRCI, Medication Regimen Complexity Index

^* p < 0.05.

^† Low MRCI score = 3–33.

^‡ Medium MRCI score 34–66.

^§ High MRCI score 67–101.