Effect of Anemia on Readmission and Death in Octogenarian Patients with Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 3

Logistic regression analysis: Related factors of readmission attributable to LRTIs within 1 year of discharge.

Factor	OR (95% CI)	value
Univariate
Sex, female	0.429 (0.223–0.823)	0.011
Hemoglobin	0.956 (0.938–0.974)	<0.001
Albumin	0.809 (0.745–0.878)	<0.001
Total cholesterol	0.613 (0.440–0.853)	0.004
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol	0.693 (0.481–1.000)	0.050
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol	0.455 (0.208–0.995)	0.049
Multivariate
Sex, female	0.461 (0.227–0.936)	0.032
Hemoglobin	0.969 (0.950–0.989)	0.003
Albumin	0.861 (0.787–0.942)	0.001

Sex, male = 1, female = 2. OR, odds ratio, CI, confidence interval.