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Table 4 Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses of risk factors for early mortality in the study subjects†.

From: Preoperative ejection fraction as a predictor of survival after coronary artery bypass grafting: comparison with a matched general population

Risk factors

OR early mortality

Univariate analysis

P value

OR early mortality

Multivariate analysis

P value

EF 35% - 50%

2.623 (1.923 -3.578)

< .0001

1.9 (1.335 -12.693)

< .0001

EF < 35%

7.592 (5.143 -11.207)

< .0001

4.206 (2.6 -6.805)

< .0001

Age (y)*

1.08 (1.062 -1.098)

< .0001

1.031 (1.004 -1.059)

.026

Male sex

0.802 (0.601 -1.070)

.071

  

NYHA class

1.338 (1.122 -1.595)

.001

1.168 (0.908 -1.503)

.227

Angina class

1.002 (0.951 -1.055)

.277

  

Hypertension

0.929 (0.716 -1.207)

.662

  

COPD

1.966 (1.438 -2.687)

< .0001

1.479 (0.943 -2.319)

.089

Preoperative Hb level

0.692 (0.634 -0.755)

< .0001

0.883 (0.779 -1.001

.051

Diabetes

1.524 (1.148 -2.023)

.004

1.743 (1.195 -2.543)

.004

Preoperative CrCl

0.965 (0.962 -0.968)

< .0001

0.978 (0.967 -0.988)

< .0001

PVD

1.633 (1.164 -2.290)

.005

1.441 (991 -2.277)

.118

Prior cardiac surgery

4.542 (3.304 -6.244)

< .0001

3.064 (1.847 -5.083)

< .0001

No. of anastomoses

0.903 (0.801-1.011)

.077

  

Off-pump

0.631 (0.366 -1.087)

.097

  

Use of IMA

0.231 (0.176 -0.303)

< .001

  

Cardioplegia

1.312 (0.995 -1.731)

.054

  

Emergency

6.550 (4.722 -9.087)

< .0001

3.307 (1.597 -6.846)

.001

Perioperative MI

5.938 (4.053 -8.699)

< .0001

  

Re-exploration

5.810 (4.261-7.922)

< .0001

  

IABP

13.974 (9.916 -19.691)

< .0001

  
  1. OR = Odds ratio, EF = ejection fraction, NYHA = New York Heart Association, COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Hb = hemoglobin, CrCl = creatinine clearance, PVD = peripheral vascular disease, IMA = internal mammary artery, MI = myocardial infarction, IABP = intra-aortic balloon pump support.
  2. † Only preoperative variables which are significant in the univariate analysis were entered into the multivariate analysis
  3. *Entered as a continuous variable.