Table 2 Multivariate Model of Hospital Admission After an Emergency Department Visit for Acute Pancreatitis.
From: National study of United States emergency department visits for acute pancreatitis, 1993–2003
Class of Variable | Variable | Odds Ratio | 95% Confidence Interval |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | Age (per 10 year increase) | 1.5 | 1.3 – 1.8 |
Gender | Female | 1.0 | reference |
Male | 0.8 | 0.4 – 1.3 | |
Race | Non-White | 1.0 | reference |
White | 2.3 | 1.2 – 4.6 | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic | 1.0 | reference |
Hispanic | 1.0 | 0.4 – 2.4 | |
Geographic Region | Northeast | 1.0 | reference |
Midwest | 1.6 | 0.6 – 3.9 | |
South | 0.8 | 0.4 – 1.6 | |
West | 0.8 | 0.3 – 1.8 | |
Metropolitan Status | Non-Metropolitan | 1.0 | reference |
Metropolitan | 0.9 | 0.7 – 1.3 | |
Insurance Status | Private | 1.0 | reference |
Public | 0.9 | 0.6 – 1.3 | |
Other | 0.8 | 0.4 – 1.6 | |
Urgency at Triage | Not urgent | 1.0 | reference |
Urgent | 1.5 | 0.8 – 3.1 |