Table 2 Risk of 30-day, 90-day, and 180-day re-hospitalization among individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia in the by tertiles of the health-related quality of life measured at admission.
Re-hospitalization | HR (95% CI) Unadjusted (n = 140) | P | HR (95% CI) Adjusted Complete case (n = 81) | P | HR (95% CI) Adjusted Imputed data (n = 140) | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30-day | ||||||
EQ utility score | 0.51 (0.2; 1.2) | 0.11 | 0.88 (0.2; 3.2) | 0.84 | 0.52 (0.2; 1.2) | 0.14 |
Lowest tertile | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |||
Middle tertile | 0.57 (0.3; 1.0) | 0.06 | 0.62 (0.3; 1.4) | 0.26 | 0.58 (0.3; 1.1) | 0.08 |
Highest tertile | 0.64 (0.4; 1.1) | 0.11 | 0.65 (0.3; 1.4) | 0.29 | 0.62 (0.4; 1.1) | 0.09 |
90-day | ||||||
EQ utility score | 0.44 (0.2; 0.8) | 0.01* | 0.81 (0.3; 2.0) | 0.65 | 0.50 (0.3; 0.9) | 0.03* |
Lowest tertile | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |||
Middle tertile | 0.45 (0.3; 0.7) | < 0.01* | 0.57 (0.3; 1.2) | 0.12 | 0.46 (0.3; 0.8) | < 0.01* |
Highest tertile | 0.59 (0.4; 0.9) | 0.01* | 0.72 (0.4; 1.3) | 0.27 | 0.59 (0.4; 0.9) | 0.01* |
180-day | ||||||
EQ utility score | 0.55 (0.3; 0.9) | 0.01* | 0.86 (0.4; 1.7) | 0.68 | 0.63 (0.4; 1.0) | 0.06 |
Lowest tertile | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. | |||
Middle tertile | 0.71 (0.5; 1.0) | 0.04* | 0.77 (0.5; 1.3) | 0.29 | 0.74 (0.5; 1.0) | 0.06 |
Highest tertile | 0.73 (0.5; 1.0) | 0.052 | 0.90 (0.6; 1.4) | 0.66 | 0.76 (0.6; 1.0) | 0.09 |
