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Table 5 Predictors for hospitalization by multinomial logistic regression; demonstrating whether age or gender were associated with admission to hospital (reason for referral) due to falls, infection or general decline

From: Characteristics and predictors for hospitalizations of home-dwelling older persons receiving community care: a cohort study from Norway

Fall

Infection

General decline

 

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Age

1.03 (1.00–1.05)

.044

0.99 (0.97–1.02)

.469

1.04 (1.02–1.06)

.001

Gender

1.2 (0.77–1.86)

.418

0.47 (0.38–0.69)

.000

0.65 (0.45–0.93)

.017

  1. OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence Interval. Alpha level 0.05. Bold values indicate variables that reached statistical significance. Reference group: No hospitalizations
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