Clinical Characteristics and Factors Associated with Heart Failure Readmission at a Tertiary Hospital in North-Eastern Tanzania

Table 3

Multivariate analysis of risk factors for heart failure readmission (N = 136).

Characteristics	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	p value
Unemployed	2.388 (1.029–5.541)	0.043	2.171 (0.855–5.513)	0.103
Poor medication adherence	3.877 (1.676–8.970)	0.002	3.787 (1.559–9.200)	0.003
Absence of ACEI or ARB	2.406 (1.090–5.313)	0.030	1.960 (0.827–4.645)	0.126
Pleural effusion	3.250 (1.441–7.329)	0.004	3.126 (1.299–7.520)	0.011