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Table 5 Relative odds of 30-day and 365-day mortality by different algorithms for identifying Aboriginal people in the hospital data

From: Mortality after admission for acute myocardial infarction in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in New South Wales, Australia: a multilevel data linkage study

 

30-day mortality

365-day mortality

 

AOR

(95% CI)

p-value

AOR

(95% CI)

p-value

Most recenta

 Non-Aboriginal (ref)

1.00

 

.684

1.00

 

.345

 Aboriginal

0.95

0.73-1.23

 

1.11

0.90-1.36

 

Ever identifiedb

 Non-Aboriginal (ref)

1.00

 

.582

1.00

 

.510

 Aboriginal

0.94

0.74-1.18

 

1.06

0.88-1.28

 

All admissionsc

 Non-Aboriginal (ref)

1.00

 

.005

1.00

 

<.001

 Aboriginal

1.55

1.14-2.10

 

1.61

1.25-2.07

 
  1. AOR, adjusted odds ratios, adjusting for age, sex, year of admission, comorbidities, remoteness of residence, socio-economic status.
  2. CI, confidence interval. Ref, referent group in the analysis.
  3. a Identified as Aboriginal in their most recent public hospital admission.
  4. b Identified as Aboriginal in at least one public hospital admission.
  5. c Identified as Aboriginal on all public hospital admissions
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