Table 2

Univariate Cox regression analyses of the association between primary outcome and the existing clinical risk scores and socioeconomic parameters

VariablesHR (95% CI), p Value
Clinical scores
 Score 1: Yale CORE Score (per 1%)1.07 (1.04 to 1.10), <0.01
 Score 2: Krumholz score (per 1)1.31 (1.13 to 1.53), <0.01
 Score 3: Charlson comorbidity index (per 1)1.06 (0.99 to 1.14), 0.07
Socioeconomic variables
 Marital history0.96 (0.56 to 1.66), 0.89
 Living alone1.10 (0.76 to 1.58), 0.62
 Low income1.07 (0.77 to 1.47), 0.70
 Number of generations in a household (per 1 generation)0.91 (0.79 to 1.04), 0.16
 Number of housemates (per 1 person)0.95 (0.86 to 1.04), 0.26
 Number of male housemates (per 1 person)0.96 (0.82 to 1.12), 0.62
 Number of female housemates (per 1 person)0.90 (0.77 to 1.05), 0.19
 Discharge to nursing home1.76 (1.07 to 2.90), 0.03
 Receiving long-term care insurance1.56 (1.18 to 2.08), <0.01
 Category of long-term care insurance (per 1 grade)1.30 (1.11–1.52), <0.01
  • The significance of bold characters is p<0.05.