Table 3: Age- and sex-adjusted and fully adjusted* odds ratios for hospital discharge for all liver disease, HBV infection, HCV infection and primary liver cancer on multivariate logistic regression analyses†
Group; variableDisease; OR (95% CI)
All liver-related diseaseHBV infectionHCV infectionPrimary liver cancer
Age- and sex-adjustedFully adjustedAge- and sex-adjustedFully adjustedAge- and sex-adjustedFully adjustedAge- and sex-adjustedFully adjusted
Canadian-born1.001.001.001.001.001.001.001.00
Immigrant0.83‡
(0.78-0.89)		0.92‡
(0.85-0.98)		2.02‡
(1.57-2.60)		2.07‡
(1.58-2.71)		0.92
(0.73-1.16)		0.85
(0.66-1.08)		1.43‡
(1.22-1.68)		1.40‡
(1.18-1.64)
Canadian-born1.001.001.001.001.001.001.001.00
Immigrant duration of residence, yr
    > 100.89‡
(0.83-0.95)		0.99
(0.92-1.06)		2.17‡
(1.66-2.83)		2.29‡
(1.73-3.03)		0.98
(0.76-1.25)		0.93
(0.72-1.21)		1.44‡
(1.22-1.70)		1.40‡
(1.18-1.66)
    ≤ 100.54‡
(0.45-0.64)		0.56‡
(0.47-0.67)		1.45
(0.85-2.47)		1.30
(0.75-2.26)		0.66
(0.37-1.18)		0.51
(0.28-0.91)		1.32
(0.88-1.98)		1.26
(0.83-1.90)
Canadian-born1.001.001.001.001.001.00
Risk level of immigrant source country
    Low0.72
(0.44-1.20)		0.79
(0.48-1.33)		0.88
(0.68-1.14)		0.83
(0.63-1.08)		1.10
(0.89-1.30)		1.10
(0.87-1.29)
    Medium1.13
(0.70-1.82)		1.20
(0.73-1.96)		0.47
(0.22-0.99)		0.41
(0.19-0.87)
    High5.15‡
(3.87-6.84)		5.28‡
(3.87-7.20)		2.98‡
(1.74-5.11)		2.49‡
(1.44-4.29)		2.60‡
 (2.12-3.27)		2.60‡
 (2.05-3.22)

Note: CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio.

*Adjusted for rural v. urban residence and for low income status in addition to age and sex.

†All analyses used Canadian-born as the reference group. ORs are estimates.

‡Significantly different from the value for the Canadian-born cohort.