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Table 2 Preoperative factors associated with mediastinitis based on cohort analysis

From: Preoperative hospital length of stay as a modifiable risk factor for mediastinitis after cardiac surgery

Covariate

Univariate OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)*

Age (per 10 years)

1.28 (1.06-1.53)

NS

Parsonnet Score (per ln)

1.80 (1.34-2.40)

NS

CHF

1.53 (1.04-2.25)

NS

COPD

3.44 (2.24-5.30)

2.44 (1.55-3.84)

Diabetes

2.89 (1.96-4.24)

2.16 (1.44-3.24)

Hypertension

2.68 (1.63-4.41)

NS

Left Main Disease

1.63 (1.03-2.59)

NS

PVD

2.72 (1.64-4.50)

NS

Obesity

4.33 (2.74-6.85)

2.59 (1.58-4.23)

Estimated GFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)

  

≥60

Reference

Reference

30-59

1.86 (1.20-2.90)

1.56 (1.00-2.45)

<30

3.53 (2.12-5.87)

2.41 (1.42-4.09)

Operative Status:

  

Urgent vs elective

2.20 (1.40-3.46)

NS

Emergent vs elective

1.44 (0.65-3.22)

NS

Preoperative length of stay (per week)

1.17 (1.05-1.31)

1.15 (1.02-1.31)

  1. * Adjusted model includes all variables significant at the univariate level. Hosemer-Lameshow Goodness-of-Fit Test Chi-square=10.48, df=6, p-value=0.11.
  2. CHF congestive heart failure, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ln natural log, OR odds ratio, PVD peripheral vascular disease, NS non-significant.
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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