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Table 2 Descriptive statistics by re-hospitalization status and crude associations with re-hospitalization with 90 days of initial hospitalization for community acquired pneumonia.

From: Predictors of inhospital mortality and re-hospitalization in older adults with community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective cohort study

Factorsa

Re-hospitalization within 90 days of initial hospitalization

 

Yes

(n = 58)

No

(n = 261)

OR (95% CI)

P

Demographic factors

    

Age (years)b

79.3 (7.1)

79.8 (7.8)

-0.47 (-2.67, 1.72)

.673

Male Sexc

44 (75.9)

150 (58.1)

2.26 (1.18, 4.34)

.012

Married, living with spouse

33 (58.9)

131 (50.4)

1.41 (0.79, 2.54)

.246

Living Alone

13 (23.2)

84 (34.2)

0.58 (0.30, 1.14)

.114

BMIa

25.5 (6.0)

25.3 (5.6)

0.21 (-1.49, 1.91)

.810

Low socioeconomic status

    

Education (< high school)c

45 (79.0)

158 (62.0)

2.30 (1.16, 4.57)

.015

Empiric Antibiotics Use

    

Appropriate Antibiotics

50 (86.2)

216 (82.8)

1.30 (0.58, 2.93)

.523

Pneumonia Severity

    

CRB-65a

1.5 (0.6)

1.56 (0.7)

-0.06 (-0.25, 0.13)

.555

Immunization history

    

Influenza Vaccination

48 (82.8)

198 (78.0)

1.36 (0.65, 2.85)

.419

Pneumococcal Vaccination

33 (58.9)

142 (55.3)

1.16 (0.64, 2.09)

.616

Comorbidities

    

Asthma

14 (25.5)

62 (24.5)

1.05 (0.54, 2.06)

.882

Cancer

17 (32.1)

66 (26.0)

1.35 (0.71, 2.55)

364

Cerebrovascular Disease

15 (26.8)

56 (21.9)

1.31 (0.67, 2.53)

427

Congestive Heart Failure

24 (43.6)

95 (37.9)

1.27 (0.70, 2.30)

425

COPD

32 (58.2)

131 (51.2)

1.33 (0.74, 2.39)

345

Diabetes Mellitus

14 (25.0)

66 (25.5)

0.97 (0.50, 1.90)

940

Dysphagia

10 (17.9)

38 (14.9)

1.24 (0.58, 2.67)

579

Hip Fracture

2 (3.58)

11 (4.28)

0.83 (0.18, 3.84)

810

Liver Disease

1 (1.8)

2 (0.8)

2.3 (0.20, 25.82)

488

Renal Disease

13 (23.2)

40 (15.8)

1.61 (0.79, 3.26)

184

Mineral supplement and medication history

    

Vitamin E Supplementationc

8 (15.1)

73 (28.9)

0.44 (0.20, 0.97)

039

Zinc Supplementation

5 (9.6)

33 (13.4)

0.69 (0.26, 1.86)

461

Immunosuppressive Drugs

14 (25.0)

40 (16.1)

1.73 (0.87, 3.47)

117

Lifestyle factors

    

Smoking (> 100 cigarettes)

44 (77.2)

201 (77.3)

0.99 (0.50, 1.97)

985

Household Smoking

12 (21.1)

47 (18.1)

1.21 (0.59, 2.46)

601

Alcohol (gram/month)a, c

5.8 (15.8)

10.6 (31.6)

-4.86 (-13.33, 3.61)

093

Nutritional Scorea

48.7 (5.9)

47.3 (6.7)

1.41 (-0.49, 3.31)

145

Low functional status

    

Barthel Score (≤ 17)

9 (15.8)

60 (23.2)

0.62 (0.29, 1.34)

222

  1. aDescriptive statistics are expressed as mean (standard deviation (SD)) for continuous variables and count (percentage) for binary variables
  2. bContinuous variables
  3. cp ≤ .10