Table 4 Logistic regression predicting the odds of hospitalisation due to CAP (n=104 cases included in the analysis)

From: Studying the burden of community-acquired pneumonia in adults aged ⩾50 years in primary health care: an observational study in rural Crete, Greece

Determinant

Odds ratio

95% CI

P value

Age ⩾74 years

7.13

2.23–22.79

0.001

Obese

3.36

1.08–10.52

0.037

0 Pack-years

1.00 (reference)

 

0.019

1–39 Pack-years of smoking

0.317

0.06–1.73

0.185

⩾40 Pack-years of smoking

3.817

1.07–13.68

0.040

Multimorbidity

5.77

1.81–18.42

0.003

Vaccinated against pneumococcus

0.29

0.09–0.95

0.041

  1. χ2-test 36.639 on d.f. 6; P value <0.0001; pseudo-R2=0.412.
  2. 95% CI, 95% confidence interval, Hosmer and Lemeshow χ2-test 6.39; P=0.604.
  3. Abbreviations: CAP, community-acquired pneumonia; CI, confidence interval.
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