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Table 4 Odds ratios of preoperative death, unplanned emergency surgery, and planned surgery for patient and center factors, for patients registered for bypass surgery in 1992–2005, derived from discrete-time survival regression models*

From: The occurrence of adverse events in relation to time after registration for coronary artery bypass surgery: a population-based observational study

Factor

Preoperative deaths OR (95% CI)

Emergency surgeries OR (95% CI)

Planned surgeries OR (95% CI)

Urgency group at registration

   

 Urgent

NA1

4.93 (3.38–7.18)

2.22 (2.02–2.45)

 Semiurgent

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Nonurgent

1.07 (0.69–1.65)

0.72 (0.54–0.97)

0.67 (0.63–0.72)

Sex

   

 Men

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Women

0.48 (0.25–0.93)

1.06 (0.82–1.38)

0.89 (0.84–0.94)

Age decade

1.36 (1.08–1.71)

NA2

NA2

Age group (years)

   

 <50

NA2

1.32 (0.87–1.99)

1.10 (1.01–1.20)

 50–59

NA2

1.00

1.00

 60–69

NA2

1.04 (0.78–1.37)

1.05 (1.00–1.11)

 70–79

NA2

1.20 (0.90–1.60)

1.07 (1.01–1.13)

 ≥80

NA2

0.99 (0.52–1.88)

0.84 (0.73–0.96)

Coronary anatomy at registration

   

 Left main

NA3

1.00

1.00

 Multivessel†

NA3

1.38 (0.96–1.97)

0.83 (0.78–0.89)

 Limited‡

NA3

1.93 (1.23–3.02)

0.95 (0.86–1.03)

Comorbidity at registration

   

 Major conditions§

1.73 (0.97–3.09)

1.01 (0.77–1.32)

0.91 (0.85–0.96)

 Other conditions||

1.00

1.00

1.00

 None

0.96 (0.55–1.66)

0.88 (0.67–1.16)

0.87 (0.82–0.92)

Calendar Period at registration

   

 1992–1996

1.33 (0.85–2.11)

1.13 (0.90–1.43)

1.16 (1.10–1.22)

 1997–2001

1.00

1.00

1.00

 2002–2005

0.84 (0.48–1.47)

0.74 (0.55–0.98)

1.05 (0.99–1.10)

Institution at registration

   

 1

NA3

1.71 (0.98–3.01)

0.78 (0.70–0.87)

 2

NA3

1.00

1.00

 3

NA3

0.79 (0.47–1.33)

0.54 (0.49–0.59)

 4

NA3

1.23 (0.29–5.22)

1.98 (1.59–2.46)

Institution from where catheterization was booked

   

 1

NA3

0.70 (0.40–1.23)

1.24 (1.11–1.39)

 2

NA3

1.00

1.00

 3

NA3

1.00 (0.58–1.74)

0.98 (0.89–1.08)

 4

NA3

0.82 (0.19–3.50)

0.73 (0.59–0.92)

 Other

NA3

0.31 (0.18–0.52)

1.16 (1.07–1.25)

Mode of admission for catheterization

   

 Emergency department

NA3

5.66 (3.86–8.28)

0.96 (0.87–1.07)

 Otherwise¶

NA3

1.00

1.00

Urgency at admission for catheterization

   

 Elective

NA3

1.00 (0.70–1.43)

0.85 (0.79–0.90)

 Emergency or urgent

NA3

1.00

1.00

Time between catheterization and registration

   

 Per week

1.01 (0.98–1.03)

NA2

NA2

 0–1 weeks

NA2

1.14 (0.85–1.53)

1.11 (1.04–1.17)

 2–3

NA2

1.00

1.00

 4–5

NA2

1.17 (0.76–1.78)

1.09 (1.00–1.18)

 6–7

NA2

1.02 (0.61–1.69)

0.87 (0.79–0.97)

 ≥8

NA2

0.87 (0.60–1.28)

0.87 (0.81–0.94)

  1. Abbreviations: OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval, NA1 = urgent patients were excluded from this analysis, NA2 = age was entered with alternative coding (continuous versus categorical), NA3 = not enough events per regression variable.
  2. *Did not include 218 patients for whom urgency was not provided: 5 died, 5 had unplanned emergency surgery, 163 underwent planned surgery, 45 removed for other reasons.
  3. †Two or three-vessel disease with stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending (PLAD) artery.
  4. ‡Two-vessel disease with no stenosis of the PLAD artery or one-vessel disease with stenosis of the PLAD artery.
  5. §Congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, rheumatoid arthritis, or cancer.
  6. ||Peripheral vascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, dementia, peptic ulcer disease, hemiplegia, renal disease, or liver disease.
  7. ¶Clinics or day surgery from reporting hospital, or direct patients from admitting department.