Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome Management and Outcome: A Single Center Retrospective Analysis

Table 3

Association between patient characteristics and hospitalization rate.

Variables	Adjusted RR (95% CI)	value
Age
1–5 years	1.00 (referent)
6–12 years	1.10 (0.63 to 1.91)	0.74
13–18 years	1.11 (0.52 to 2.36)	0.79
Sex
Male	1.00 (referent)
Female	0.82 (0.55 to 1.23)	0.34
Race and ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	1.00 (referent)
Black	1.84 (1.04 to 3.25)	0.04
White, Hispanic	1.41 (0.65 to 3.07)	0.38
Other	1.11 (0.56 to 2.21)	0.76
Insurance
None	1.0 (referent)
Medicaid	1.15 (0.59 to 2.23)	0.67
Private	0.74 (0.36 to 1.57)	0.45
Disease status
SSNS	1.00 (referent)
FRNS/SDNS	4.43 (2.74 to 7.15)	<0.001
SRNS	4.14 (1.64 to 10.44)	0.003
Comorbidity
No	1.00 (referent)
Yes	1.33 (0.75 to 2.37)	0.33
Year since diagnosis
1	1.00 (referent)
2	0.35 (0.24 to 0.51)	<0.001
3	0.26 (0.16 to 0.41)	<0.001

CI, confidence interval; FRNS, frequently relapsing nephrotic syndrome; RR, rate ratio; SDNS, steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome; SRNS, steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome; SSNS, steroid-sensitive and infrequently relapsing nephrotic syndrome.
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