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Table 7 Cox proportional hazards regression analysis of independent variables with respect to the mid-term mortalitya

From: Outcomes in patients undergoing complex cardiac repairs with cross clamp times over 300 minutes

Variable

OR (95 % CI)

p-value

 Genderb

2.11 (1.13–3.94)

0.020

 Perfusion time

1.00 (0.99–1.01)

0.933

 Cross clamp time

1.01 (0.999–1.02)

0.081

 Surgery typec

1.44 (0.65–3.22)

0.372

 Erad

1.06 (0.53–2.13)

0.861

 Age

1.04 (1.004–1.07)

0.027

 Ventilation > 48 h

2.72 (1.46–5.08)

0.002

  1. aAll mortalities occurred more than 30 days after the surgical procedure
  2. bThe reference category was males
  3. cSurgeries including coronary artery bypass grafts (CABGs) were compared to those that did not; the reference category was surgeries involving CABG
  4. dSurgeries from 2001–2006 were compared to those from 2007–2012; the former time period was the reference category
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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