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Table 3 Incident Rate Ratio (IRR) for Emergency Department (ED) visits by quintile of percent black population stratified by sex

From: The association of neighborhood racial mix and ED visit count in a cohort of patients on hemodialysis

Sex

% Black in the Block Area

Model 1: Unadjusted IRR

Model 2: IRR adjusted for socio-demographic variablesa

Model 3: IRR adjusted for socio-demographic and clinical variablesb

Male

Q1

1.0 (Reference)

1.0 (Reference)

1.0 (Reference)

Q2

1.07 (0.92–1.25)

1.09 (0.93–1.27)

1.15 (0.97–1.34)

Q3

1.16 (1.00–1.35)

1.19 (1.02–1.39)

1.29 (1.10–1.51)

Q4

1.25 (1.07–1.46)

1.28 (1.09–1.51)

1.36 (1.15–1.61)

Q5

1.20 (1.03–1.40)

1.21 (1.03–1.42)

1.25 (1.05–1.49)

p-trend

0.004

0.003

0.001

Female

Q1

1.0 (Reference)

1.0 (Reference)

1.0 (Reference)

Q2

1.07 (0.89–1.28)

1.07 (0.89–1.29)

1.12 (0.92–1.36)

Q3

0.85 (0.71–1.02)

0.86 (0.72–1.03)

0.89 (0.72–1.05)

Q4

1.03 (0.86–1.24)

1.04 (0.86–1.25)

1.15 (0.93–1.39)

Q5

1.08 (0.90–1.29)

1.18 (0.98–1.42)

1.21 (0.97–1.46)

p-trend

0.48

0.20

0.10

  1. a Adjusted for age, race/ ethnicity, primary language, neighborhood percent poverty, neighborhood percent graduated from high school, percent married, SES, and insurance
  2. b Adjusted for all of above + presence of permcath, residence at skilled nursing facility, Charlson score, minimum Hemoglobin and body mass index within 90 days of index ED visit