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Table 4 Multivariate analysis of factors associated with death due to cardiovascular diseases (crude and adjusted rates)

From: “Causes of death in asthma, COPD and non-respiratory hospitalized patients: a multicentric study”

 

n

Odds ratio crude

CI 95% (OR crude)

Odds ratio adjusted

CI 95% (OR adjusted)

Asthma - high certainty

26

0.69

0.26 - 1.82

0.64

0.23 - 1.77

Asthma - probable

56

1.49

0.85 - 2.62

1.1

0.60 - 2.01

COPD

283

0.775

0.58 - 1.04

0.84

0.60 - 1.18

Former smoker

764

0.88

0.73 - 1.07

0.96

0.74 - 1.24

Smoker

367

0.6

0.45 - 0.79

0.93

0.67 - 1.30

Age

2826

1.03

1.02 - 1.04

1.02

1.02 - 1.03

Sex

2816

0.707

0.60 - 0.84

0.83

0.66 - 1.03

Hyperlipidaemia

674

2.01

1.67 - 2.43

1.82

1.49 - 2.22

Diabetes

757

1.87

1.56 - 2.25

1.57

1.29 - 1.90

  1. Footnote: 95% CI, 95% confidence interval OR, odds ratio.