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. 2025 Feb 10;55(6):541–551. doi: 10.4070/kcj.2024.0330

Table 2. In-hospital clinical outcomes.

Variables Event rates Unadjusted Adjusted*
Men (n=903) Women (n=425) OR (95% CI) p value OR (95% CI) p value
In-hospital mortality 419 (46.4) 194 (45.6) 0.97 (0.77–1.22) 0.797 0.78 (0.58–1.05) 0.106
Weaning success 607 (67.2) 291 (68.5) 1.06 (0.83–1.36) 0.650 1.22 (0.89–1.68) 0.213
Procedure–related complication 169 (18.7) 110 (25.9) 1.52 (1.15–1.99) 0.003 1.82 (1.29–2.57) 0.001
Limb ischemia 64 (7.1) 55 (12.9) 1.95 (1.33–2.85) <0.001 2.32 (1.42–3.78) 0.001
ECMO site bleeding 102 (11.3) 54 (12.7) 1.50 (1.10–2.04) 0.013 1.45 (0.94–2.25) 0.093
Infection related to the ECMO 11 (1.2) 10 (2.4) 1.95 (0.81–4.67) 0.129 1.87 (0.65–5.41) 0.242
Wound dehiscence 11 (1.2) 15 (3.5) 2.97 (1.36–6.68) <0.001 2.62 (0.98–7.27) 0.058
Stroke 44 (4.9) 34 (8.0) 1.70 (1.06–2.69) 0.025 1.57 (0.96–1.92) 0.058
Bleeding 68 (7.5) 37 (8.7) 1.17 (0.76–1.77) 0.459 1.26 (0.75–2.11) 0.378
Sepsis 42 (4.7) 27 (6.4) 1.39 (0.84–2.27) 0.194 1.10 (0.60–1.99) 0.759

Data presented as number (%).

CI = confidence interval; ECMO = extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; OR = odds ratio.

*Adjusted variables included age, body surface area, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, chronic kidney disease, peripheral vascular disease, cerebral vascular accident, current smoking status, history of percutaneous coronary intervention, history of coronary artery bypass graft, etiology, extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation, return cannular size, drainage cannular size, and preemptive distal perfusion.