Association between social deprivation, cardiac emergency hospitalisations, severity of disease, and diuretic adherence
| Deprivation category | p Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–2 (n = 106) | 3–4 (n = 204) | 5–6 (n = 152) | |||
| Cardiac emergency hospitalisation data | |||||
| Number of cardiac hospitalisations per patient (geometric mean) in each group | 0.71 | 0.81 | 0.911-150 | 0.007 | |
| Patients with any cardiac hospitalisation (%) | 26 | 34 | 401-150 | 0.03 | |
| Number of cardiac hospitalisations per hospitalised patient (geometric mean) | 1.38 | 1.50 | 1.66 | NS | |
| Measures of severity | |||||
| Percentage died (%) | 16 | 20 | 18 | NS | |
| Average (SD) diuretic dose frusemide equivalents (mg) | 85 (38) | 78 (46) | 83 (39) | NS | |
| Median length of hospital stay (days) | 6 | 6.5 | 6 | NS | |
| Adherence measure | |||||
| Mean (SD) diuretic adherence (%) | 96 (29) | 93 (26) | 99 (36) | NS | |
↵1-150 Cochran-Armitage test for trend.