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Table 5 Multivariable Proportional Odds Regression Analysis of Factors Associated with 30-Day Readmissions at UC Davis Health System, January 2013 to January 2018

From: Racial disparities of Black Americans hospitalized for decompensated liver cirrhosis

Characteristic

Odds ratio

95% CI

P-value

Race

  

0.21

 Black versus White

2.13

1.14–3.95

0.02

 Black versus API

1.94

0.72–5.24

0.19

Co-morbidities

 Coronary artery disease

1.76

1.10–2.80

0.02

 COPD

1.87

1.15–3.05

0.01

 Hepatic encephalopathy

2.42

1.53–3.85

0.00002

 Diabetes

1.39

0.90–2.15

0.13

 Ascites

1.96

1.23–3.11

0.004

Insurance Status

  

0.005

 None versus Private

0.45

0.21–0.99

0.046

 None versus Medicaid

0.40

0.23–0.67

0.0006

 Medicaid versus Private

1.15

0.53–2.47

0.72

 Medicaid versus Medicare

1.35

0.82–2.24

0.24

  1. API Asian and Pacific Islander, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CI confidence interval, NS not significant