Hospitalization Events among Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease in Basra, Iraq

Table 6

Logistic regression analysis of different variables with readmission.

Variable	OR	95% (CI)		value
		Lower	Upper
Age (years)	0.674	0.105	4.327	0.911
LOS	1.073	0.048	24.032	0.688
Sex	0.352	0.087	1.444	0.141
Type of SCD	0.431	0.076	2.445	0.350
Acute painful crisis	1.608	0.150	17.209	0.221
Hospitalization in previous year ≥ 3	9.352	2.011	43.490	0.001
Blood transfusion in previous year ≥ 3	3.325	0.477	23.163	0.393
Asthma symptoms	4.225	1.125	15.862	0.028
Opioid received	6.588	1.104	30.336	0.000
HU received	0.082	0.010	0.663	0.006

HU: hydroxyurea, LOS: length of stay, and SCD: sickle cell disease.