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Table 3 Multivariable logistic regression analysis of risk factors for adverse outcomes in revisits with repeat imaging

From: Impact of diagnostic errors on adverse outcomes: learning from emergency department revisits with repeat CT or MRI

Variables

Total RVRIs

Early RVRIs

Late RVRIs

OR (95% CI)

P

OR (95% CI)

P

OR (95% CI)

P

Age

1.01 (1–1.02)

.02

  

1.02 (1–1.03)

.06

Comorbidity (malignancy)

  

1.83 (1.01–3.32)

.05

  

Diagnostic error status

Misdiagnoses

6.75 (3.67–12.4)

< .001*

14.43 (5.59–37.24)

< .001*

4.02 (1.75–9.25)

.001*

D-RT

2.56 (1.4–4.66)

.002*

3.3 (1.59–6.83)

.001*

1.93 (0.56–6.69)

.30

Clinician errors

2.18 (1.26–3.78)

.005*

3.78 (1.85–7.7)

< .001*

0.86 (0.3–2.46)

.78

Non-errors

1

< .001

1

< .001

1

.01

Disease categories

1. Neurologic diseases

1.58 (0.83–3.04)

.17

1.32 (0.55–3.16)

.54

1.81 (0.67–4.92)

.24

2. Digestive diseases

2.81 (1.42–5.55)

.003*

2.04 (0.78–5.32)

.15

3.36 (1.25–9.07)

.02*

3. Neoplasms

5.67 (2.93–10.97)

< .001*

4.2 (1.57–11.23)

.004*

5.52 (2.13–14.29)

< .001*

4. Traumatic injuries

0.69 (0.25–1.87)

.46

0.37 (0.07–1.91)

.24

1.2 (0.32–4.54)

.79

5. Respiratory diseases

2.22 (0.9–5.5)

.08

1.08 (0.24–4.91)

.92

3.53 (1.06–11.8)

.04*

6. Genitourinary diseases

0.88 (0.28–2.74)

.83

0.36 (0.06–2.2)

.27

1.47 (0.32–6.7)

.62

7. Infections

0.99 (0.31–3.19)

.99

0.69 (0.15–3.2)

.63

1.4 (0.23–8.52)

.72

8. Circulatory diseases

6.13 (2.36–15.95)

< .001*

6.32 (1.69–23.62)

.006*

5.66 (1.31–24.44)

.02*

9. Healthcare-related complications

5.31 (1.63–17.27)

.006*

3.47 (0.75–16.01)

.11

7.8 (1.08–56.59)

.04*

10. Other diseases

1

< .001

1

< .001*

1

.002

  1. Data are shown as odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals in parentheses. Multivariable logistic analysis was performed with backward elimination using penalized maximum likelihood estimation with variables for which statistically significant correlations were found in the univariable analysis
  2. RVRIs, Revisits with repeat imaging; D-RT, delayed radiology reporting time; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval
  3. *p values < .05