Admission rates in emergency departments in Geneva during tennis broadcasting: a retrospective study

BMC Emergency Medicine

Table 4 Associations between the admission rates and the proceeding of a tennis match according to the age of admitted patients

	Patients ≤25 years old		Patients from 26 to 64 years old		Patients ≥65 years old
	Admission rate ratio	p-value	Admission rate ratio	p-value	Admission rate ratio	p-value
First model
Periods without tennis match	1 (reference)		1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Periods with a tennis match	1.06 (0.84 to 1.33)	0.632	0.85 (0.77 to 0.94)	0.002	0.98 (0.85 to 1.14)	0.799
Second model
Periods without tennis match	1 (reference)	< 0.001^a	1 (reference)	0.007^a	1 (reference)	0.791^a
Periods with a semi-final	1.22 (0.93 to 1.60)	0.150	0.85 (0.75 to 0.96)	0.008	1.01 (0.86 to 1.19)	0.920
Periods with a final	0.68 (0.56 to 0.82)	< 0.001	0.85 (0.72 to 1.02)	0.075	0.89 (0.65 to 1.24)	0.499
Third model
Periods without tennis match	1 (reference)	0.768^a	1 (reference)	0.004^a	1 (reference)	0.932^a
Periods with a tennis match without Swiss player	1.10 (0.85 to 1.44)	0.470	0.80 (0.70 to 0.92)	0.002	1.00 (0.84 to 1.20)	0.980
Periods with a tennis match with a Swiss player	0.99 (0.66 to 1.50)	0.968	0.92 (0.82 to 1.04)	0.196	0.95 (0.73 to 1.24)	0.706

^a: Overall p-values for testing the equality of admissions rates between the three categories of periods
The associations are expressed in ratios of admission rates during periods with a match compared with periods without tennis match (reference category) and are adjusted for the centers (HUG/CLC)

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