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Table 3 Mortality Predictors from Multivariable Logistic Regression Analysis

From: Black race as a predictor of poor health outcomes among a national cohort of HIV/AIDS patients admitted to US hospitals: a cohort study

Characteristic

OR (95% CI)

L-R Chi-Square

P-Value

Survey Year

 

68.2

< 0.001

   1996

1.00 (reference)

  

   1997

1.02 (0.63–1.58)

  

   1998

1.25 (0.80–1.89)

  

   1999

1.05 (0.65–1.65)

  

   2000

0.74 (0.43–1.21)

  

   2001

1.19 (0.76–1.83)

  

   2002

0.98 (0.61–1.54)

  

   2003

1.94 (1.29–2.85)

  

   2004

0.59 (0.35–0.96)

  

   2005

0.37 (0.19–0.66)

  

   2006

0.64 (0.38–1.05)

  

Race

 

0.9

0.3

   White

1.00 (reference)

  

   Black

1.07 (0.93–1.25)

  

Age (years)

 

12.8

0.005

   18–34

1.00 (reference)

  

   35–49

0.66 (0.51–0.86)

  

   50–64

0.77 (0.55–1.08)

  

   ≥ 65

3.06 (1.65–5.37)

  

Gender

 

2.7

0.9

   Female

1.00 (reference)

  

   Male

1.14 (0.98–1.34)

  

Insurance Status

 

3.8

0.4

   Uninsured

1.00 (reference)

  

   Government

0.81 (0.63–1.07)

  

   Private

0.76 (0.55–1.04)

  

   Other insurance

1.57 (0.85–2.74)

  

Presence of Comorbidities*

   

   Preventable OI

2.39 (2.00–2.83)

86.9

< 0.001

   Non-preventable OI

1.16 (0.98–1.37)

3.1

0.08

   HBV

0.86 (0.54–1.31)

0.5

0.5

   HCV

0.85 (0.64–1.11)

1.3

0.2

   Cocaine use

0.46 (0.32–0.80)

25.2

< 0.001

  1. *Reference group is the absence of a comorbidity where OR = 1.00