Identifying Risk Factors for Aspiration in Patients Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Table 3

Risk factors for aspiration in patients hospitalized with CAP by different ages.

	18–64 years		65–79 years		≥80 years
	OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)	value
Male	4.0 (3.0, 5.5)	<0.001	1.5 (1.3, 1.7)	<0.001	1.2 (1.0, 1.3)	0.008
Comorbidities
Cerebrovascular disease	9.1 (7.0, 11.9)	<0.001	3.1 (2.5, 3.9)	<0.001	1.8 (1.6, 2.2)	<0.001
Dementia	5.5 (4.2, 7.0)	<0.001	2.3 (2.0, 2.6)	<0.001	1.5 (1.4, 1.7)	<0.001
Gastroesophageal reflux	1.7 (1.2, 2.4)	0.003	1.1 (1.0, 1.3)	0.116	0.8 (0.7, 0.9)	<0.001
Vomiting	2.6 (1.3, 4.4)	0.002	1.5 (1.1, 1.9)	0.004	1.3 (1.1, 1.6)	0.011
Parkinson	4.9 (2.5, 8.5)	0.013	2.0 (1.6, 2.4)	<0.001	1.9 (1.6, 2.3)	<0.001
Epilepsy	13.2 (9.3, 18.3)	<0.001	3.7 (3.0, 4.6)	<0.001	1.6 (1.2, 2.1)	<0.001