Table 4.

Associations of patient characteristics with meeting MH-LOW criteria

Initial model				Final model
Explanatory variable	OR	95% CI	p value	Explanatory variable	OR	95% CI	p value
Sex (reference: Male)
Female	.72	.39–1.34	.295
Age	1.00	.97–1.02	.703
Race (reference: Caucasian)				Race (reference: Caucasian)
Asian	1.41	.61–3.27	.420	Asian	1.50	.66–3.42	.337
African American	3.88	1.76–8.53	.001*	African American	3.54	1.66–7.58	.001*
Other	2.18	.87–5.44	.097	Other	2.20	.89–5.45	.087
Ethnicity (reference: Not Hispanic)
Hispanic	.37	.13–1.10	.074	Hispanic	.35	.12–1.04	.059
Payer (reference: Commercial)				Payer (reference: Commercial)
Medi-Cal	2.21	1.13–4.33	.021*	Medi-Cal	2.19	1.12–4.27	.022*
Medicare	1.43	.59–3.50	.428	Medicare	1.38	.68–2.78	.371
CCI score	1.01	.76–1.32	.974
Depression	3.17	1.75–5.75	.000*	Depression	3.15	1.77–5.61	< .001*
Diabetes	1.91	.82–4.47	.134	Diabetes	1.97	.97–4.00	.062
Kidney disease	2.25	.93–5.44	.073	Kidney disease	2.66	1.17–6.08	.020*
MI	1.67	.21–13.13	.629
COPD	1.92	.98–3.77	.057	COPD	1.92	1.25–1.93	.039*
Liver disease	1.39	.55–3.51	.492
Constant	.11		.001*	Constant	.07		< .001*

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; CCI: Charlson comorbidity index; MI: myocardial infarction; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

*p < .05