Table 2

Medical and sociodemographic variables associated with need for admission as judged by consultants (n = 695)

		Judged needed (%)		Univariate analysis			Logistic regression
		Judged needed (%)		Odds ratio	95% CI		Odds ratio	95% CI
Age
⩽ 1 year	62	Baseline			Baseline
> 1 year and ⩽ 3 years	72	1.602-150	1.07 to 2.38		2.422-150	1.22 to 4.81
> 3 years	80	2.43^†	1.62 to 3.65		2.72^†	1.38 to 5.37
Admission time
Day	89	Baseline			Baseline
Evening	64	0.622-150	0.42 to 0.93		0.54^‡	0.29 to 1.00
Night	72	0.91	0.58 to 1.42		1.33	0.62 to 0.87
Length of stay
⩽ 24 hours	56	Baseline			Baseline
> 24 hours	75	2.37^†	1.64 to 3.42		7.62^†	3.76 to 15.46
Time ill before presentation
⩽ 6 hours	82	Baseline			Baseline
> 6 hours and ⩽ 24 hours	81	0.94	0.51 to 1.73		1.17	0.44 to 3.12
> 24 hours	62	0.36^†	0.23 to 0.56		0.492-150	0.25 to 0.98
Presenting problem
Breathing difficulty	80	1.91^†	1.25 to 2.94		2.81^†	1.39 to 5.66
Fit	88	3.81^†	2.13 to 6.84		5.07^†	1.96 to 13.07
Discharge diagnosis
URTI	45	0.27^†	0.18 to 0.41		0.21^†	0.10 to 0.44
Gastroenteritis	47	0.33^†	0.20 to 0.53		0.442-150	0.20 to 0.97
Gut disorder	58	0.56	0.28 to 1.12		0.322-150	0.11 to 0.94

Logistic regression is adjusted for variables on which information was available at discharge with p < 0.1 in univariate analysis.
↵2-150 p < 0.05; ^†p ⩽ 0.01; ^‡p = 0.05.
URTI, upper respiratory tract infection.