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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 29.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2023 Sep 13;16(10):e009639. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.122.009639

Table 2.

Patient factors independently associated with skilled nursing facility use after isolated CABG surgery.

Patient factors Crude OR (95% CI) p-value Adjusted OR (95% CI) p-value
Age, per year 1.09 (1.08-1.10) <0.001 1.10 (1.09-1.11) <0.001
Female (vs. Male) 2.08 (1.87-2.31) <0.001 1.91 (1.69-2.15) <0.001
Non-White Race (vs. White Race) 1.48 (1.24-1.76) <0.001 1.33 (1.08-1.64) 0.007
Body mass index, per 5-unit increase 1.02 (1.00-1.05) 0.050 1.04 (1.01-1.07) 0.016
Diabetes 1.46 (1.32-1.62) <0.001 1.43 (1.27-1.61) <0.001
Chronic Lung Disease 1.46 (1.31-1.63) <0.001 1.29 (1.14-1.46) <0.001
Cerebrovascular Disease 1.63 (1.46-1.82) <0.001 1.38 (1.22-1.56) <0.001
White Blood Count x109/L, per 1 unit increase 1.04 (1.03-1.06) <0.001 1.02 (1.00-1.04) 0.031
Hematocrit, per 1 unit increase 0.93 (0.92-0.94) <0.001 0.97 (0.96-0.99) <0.001
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
  50% Referent - Referent -
  40-49% 1.30 (1.13-1.49) <0.001 1.18 (1.00-1.38) 0.048
  30-39% 1.49 (1.24-1.78) <0.001 1.20 (0.98-1.47) 0.083
  <30% 1.92 (1.54-2.39) <0.001 1.41 (1.10-1.82) 0.007
Previous myocardial infarction 1.50 (1.35-1.66) <0.001 1.17 (1.03-1.32) 0.014
3 or More Diseased Vessels 1.18 (1.04-1.35) 0.010 1.13 (0.98-1.30) 0.084
Status
  Elective Referent - Referent -
  Urgent 1.32 (1.18-1.47) <0.001 0.84 (0.73-0.96) 0.011
  Emergent 2.11 (1.56-2.86) <0.001 1.34 (0.96-1.97) 0.085
Presence of Major Morbidity 2.61 (2.26-3.02) <0.001 1.37 (1.13-1.65) 0.001
Length of Stay, per day increase 1.10 (1.09-1.11) <0.001 1.07 (1.05-1.08) <0.001

Abbreviation: SNF=skilled nursing facility, CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting, OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval)