Table 4

- Multivariate regression analysis for demographic and clinical parameters associated with multiple readmissions.

Parameters	P-values	ORs	95% CIs
Age	0.030	1.057	1.005-1.108
Gender	0.213	2.052	0.663-6.357
Body mass index	0.578	0.959	0.826-1.112
Weight	0.643	0.985	0.924-1.050
Functional status	0.571	0.699	0.202-2.411
Diabetes mellitus	0.094	3.133	0.824-11.912
Hypertension	0.409	0.409	0.162-2.100
Ejection fraction	0.008	0.925	0.873-0.980
Old stroke	0.035	0.236	0.062-0.903
Atrial fibrillation	0.293	0.395	0.070-2.232
Chronic kidney disease	0.907	0.925	0.248-3.449
End-stage renal disease	0.393	0.322	0.024-4.346
Interstitial lung disease	0.556	0.250	0.002-25.390
Bronchial asthma	0.737	1.290	0.292-5.708
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	0.247	2.663	0.507-13.999
Neurological disease	0.903	1.111	0.206-5.994
Connective tissue disease	0.729	0.590	0.030-11.668
Thyroid disease	0.520	1.622	0.372-7.084
Dementia	0.347	0.480	0.104-2.214
Ischemic heart disease	0.214	2.784	0.553-14.002
Kidney transplant	0.823	0.729	0.046-11.569
Bronchiectasis	0.681	0.572	0.040-8.154
Venous thromboembolism	0.189	5.565	0.431-71.886
Malignancy	0.300	2.586	0.429-15.599
Depression	0.049	1.396	0.072-26.957

ORs: odds ratios, CI: confidence interval