Table 4

Comorbidities that predict mortality among hospitalized patients with multiple myeloma with arrhythmias

OR (95% CI)
UnadjustedAdjusted
Acute myocardial infarction 1.59 (1.37 to 1.85) 1.55 (1.31 to 1.82)
Congestive heart failure1.07 (0.95 to 1.21)1.02 (0.89 to 1.16)
Peripheral vascular disease0.91 (0.75 to 1.10)0.86 (0.70 to 1.06)
Cerebrovascular disease 1.52 (1.23 to 1.87) 1.54 (1.24 to 1.92)
Dementia0.94 (0.74 to 1.20)1.02 (0.79 to 1.31)
COPD 0.82 (0.72 to 0.95) 0.87 (0.75 to 1.01)
Rheumatoid disease 0.41 (0.24 to 0.69) 0.44 (0.26 to 0.76)
Diabetes mellitus0.97 (0.82 to 1.14)0.94 (0.80 to 1.12)
Renal disease1.11 (0.98 to 1.25) 1.16 (1.02 to 1.32)
Metastatic cancer 1.53 (1.19 to 1.97) 1.52 (1.17 to 1.98)
  • Model adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, median household income national quartiles, hospital region, hospital location, and insurance type. Boldface indicates statistical significance.

  • COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.