Table 2

Multivariate Model of Hospital Admission After an Emergency Department Visit for Acute Pancreatitis.

Class of Variable
Variable
Odds Ratio
95% Confidence Interval

Age
Age (per 10 year increase)
1.5
1.3 – 1.8
Gender
Female
1.0
reference

Male
0.8
0.4 – 1.3
Race
Non-White
1.0
reference

White
2.3
1.2 – 4.6
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic
1.0
reference

Hispanic
1.0
0.4 – 2.4
Geographic Region
Northeast
1.0
reference

Midwest
1.6
0.6 – 3.9

South
0.8
0.4 – 1.6

West
0.8
0.3 – 1.8
Metropolitan Status
Non-Metropolitan
1.0
reference

Metropolitan
0.9
0.7 – 1.3
Insurance Status
Private
1.0
reference

Public
0.9
0.6 – 1.3

Other
0.8
0.4 – 1.6
Urgency at Triage
Not urgent
1.0
reference

Urgent
1.5
0.8 – 3.1

Fagenholz et al. BMC Emergency Medicine 2007 7:1   doi:10.1186/1471-227X-7-1