Judged needed (%) | Univariate analysis | Logistic regression | |||||||
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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.