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Table 3 Odds ratio for in-hospital death, comparing patients with dermatomyositis and cardiovascular disease with controls with cardiovascular disease

From: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and dermatomyositis: an analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample survey

Model

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Pvalue

Univariate modela

2.11 (1.80-2.48)

< 0.001

Multivariate modelb

1.98 (1.57-2.48)

< 0.001

  1. aAdjusted for age and gender only; badjusted for age, gender, Charlson comorbidity index, number of diagnoses (to control for severity of admission), and type of admission (elective versus emergency). CI, confidence interval.