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Table 2 Odds Ratio for the Risk Factors Associated with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Multiple Logistic Regression Model* (N = 969)

From: Pharmacotherapy and the risk for community-acquired pneumonia

Variables†

Cases

(Yes/No)‡

Control (Yes/No)‡

Crude OR

[95% CI]

Adjusted OR

[95% CI]

Age (yr)

--

--

1.01

[0.99-1.03]

1.01

[0.99 - 1.04]

Number of serum albumin level below 4 gm/deciliter¶

--

--

3.23

[2.34 - 4.47]

2.89

[2.01 - 4.16]

Sex (female = 1/male = 0)

119/75

641/311

0.77

[0.56 - 1.06]

1.01

[0.66 - 1.53]

Ex-smoker

60/131

151/797

2.42

[1.70 - 3.44]

1.88

[1.15 - 3.06]

Current smoker

28/163

73/876

2.06

[1.29 - 3.29]

2.34

[1.22 - 4.50]

Past Medical History

    

   Congestive heart failure

63/131

201/751

1.80

[1.28 - 2.52]

1.60

[1.04 - 2.46]

   Coronary artery disease

77/117

299/653

1.44

[1.05 - 1.98]

1.40

[0.94 - 2.08]

   COPD

91/103

178/774

3.84

[2.77 - 5.32]

1.82

[1.17 - 2.82]

Medication

    

   Atypical antipsychotics

25/169

63/889

2.09

[1.28 - 3.41]

2.26

[1.23 - 4.15]

   Proton pump Inhibitor

86/108

343/609

1.41

[1.03 - 1.93]

1.18

[0.80 - 1.74]

β2 agonist

bronchodilator

72/122

109/843

4.56

[3.21 - 6.50]

1.29

[0.69 - 2.40]

   Anticholinergic bronchodilator

44/150

63/889

4.14

[2.71 - 6.31]

1.16

[0.59 - 2.26]

   Inhaled corticosteroid

49/145

47/905

6.51

[4.20 - 10.07]

2.89

[1.56 - 5.35]

   Antibiotic use prior to admission

44/150

88/864

2.88

[1.93 - 4.30]

1.81

[1.09 - 3.02]

   Iron supplement

37/157

82/870

2.50

[1.64 - 3.82]

1.58

[0.94 - 2.67]

   Narcotics

60/134

224/728

1.46

[1.04 - 2.04]

1.01

[0.66 - 1.56]

   NSAIDs

27/167

115/837

1.18

[0.75 - 1.85]

1.25

[0.70 - 2.23]

  1. * Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test: chi square = 16.43, df = 8, p = .037.
  2. † Variables were dichotomized as 1 = yes, 0 = no, unless stated otherwise.
  3. ‡ indicated the number of the presence (yes) and the absence (no) of the medical condition or exposed (yes) vs. unexposed (no) to medication use for the variable of interest.
  4. ¶ Which is equal to the number of 4 minus patient's serum level.
  5. Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; NSAIDs = non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; OR = odds ratio.