Table 2 Factors associated with multiple admissions among all patients admitted with COPD in 2018
|  |  | 1 admit (n = 1035) |  ≥ 2 admits (n = 776) | AOR of ≥ 2 admits (95% CI), p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 555 (53.6%) | 411 (53.0%) | 1.0 (.8, 1.2), 0.74 |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic | 923 (89.2%) | 692 (89.2%) | Â |
| Â | Hispanic | 103 (10.0%) | 84 (10.8%) | 1.4 (0.9, 2.2) 0.09 |
Race | White | 540 (52.2%) | 362 (46.6%) | Â |
Black | 333 (32.2%) | 316 (40.7%) | 1.1 (0.9, 1.4), 0.07 | |
Other | 22 (2.1%) | 10 (1.3%) | 0.5 (0.2, 1.2), 0.24 | |
Unknown | 140 (13.5%) | 88 (11.3%) | 0.6 (0.4, 1.0), 0.1 | |
Age | Mean (SD) | 66.6 (12.1) | 66.7 (12.0) | 1.0 (0.995, 1.02), 0.29 |
Medicaid-insured | 354 (34.2%) | 359 (46.3%) | 1.7 (1.1–2.7), 0.01 | |
Currently smokes cigarettes | 453 (43.8%) | 381 (49.1%) | 1.1 (.9, 1.4), 0.47 | |
Substance use disorder* | 190 (18.4%) | 221 (28.5%) | 1.8 (1.4, 2.4), < 0.01 | |
Mental health disorders** | 249 (24.1%) | 201 (25.9%) | 1.5 (1.1, 1.9), 0.01 | |
Cardiac illness*** | 836 (80.8%) | 695 (89.6%) | 2.0 (1.5, 2.8), < 0.01 | |