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From: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) indicators as predictors of mortality among patients hospitalised with COVID-19 disease in the Lothian Region, Scotland during the first wave: a cohort study

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Forest Plots describing multivariable analyses of 3 SIMD indicators associated with increased mortality. Forest plots of odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals from three nested multivariable regression models investigating the association between mortality and: SIMD quintile (model 1); Income deprivation rate by quartile (model 2); Hospital stays due to alcohol use per datazone (model 3). Models were compared for goodness of fit based on Akaike Information Criterion (AIC): SIMD quintile (model 1, AIC: 692.06), income deprivation rate by quartile (model 2, AIC: 685.83), and hospital stays due to alcohol use per datazone (model 3, AIC: 679.59). Each multivariable model also contained: Age (in years), Sex, Performance Status (WHO Standardized Categories), Admission Pulse (beats/minute), Haemoglobin concentration (grams/Litre), Neutrophil count (cells × 105), Lymphocyte count (cells × 105), Creatinine (milligrams/decilitre). These variables were identified at the time of admission as risk variables in a companion paper (Mutch et al. 2022) [5]

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International Journal for Equity in Health

ISSN: 1475-9276

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