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Table 7 Determinants of the upper quarter most costly COPD patients.

From: Determinants of elevated healthcare utilization in patients with COPD

 

Bivariate analysis

(n = 389)

Multivariate analysis*

(n = 388)

 

OR

95% CI

P value

OR

95% CI

P value

Age (year +1)

1.03

1.0 - 1.1

0.001

NI

FEV1%

0.99

0.97 - 1.0

0.07

0.99

0.97 - 1.01

0.25

BMI (+1 Kg/m2)

1.01

1.0 - 1.1

0.50

0.98

0.93 - 1.04

0.54

Age adjusted CCI

1.27

1.2 - 1.4

<0.001

1.09

1.01 - 1.19

0.04

Myocardial infarct

5.96

3.6 - 9.9

<0.001

2.87

1.5 - 5.5

0.001

Congestive heart failure

6.81

4.1 - 11.4

<0.001

3.52

1.9 - 6.4

<0.001

Mild liver disease

3.14

1.1 - 8.6

0.03

3.83

1.3 - 11.2

0.02

Diabetes mellitus

3.10

1.9 - 5.0

<0.001

2.02

1.1 - 3.6

0.02

  1. Abbreviations: FEV1- forced expired volume in one second (as percent predicted), BMI- body mass index, CCI- Charlson Comorbidity Index, NI- not included (due to insignificance).
  2. * Area under ROC curve equals 0.82.