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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2010 Mar;19(2):153–162. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2010.01.001

Table 7.

Odds ratios (95% CI) of stroke, death or MI within 30 days

Patient Model Only Patient (Age) + Operator Characteristics
Univariate Multivariable Most parsimonious Multivariable Most parsimonious
Patient* Age >75 2.74 (1.66–4.51) 3.44 (1.91–6.20) 2.74 (1.66–4.51) 2.56 (1.54–4.26) 2.62 (1.59–4.33)
Race (white) 1.02 (0.42–2.45) 1.09 (0.39–3.00)
Sex (Male) 0.88 (0.55–1.43) 0.93 (0.54–1.59)
Symptomatic status (sympt) 1.31 (0.77–2.24) 1.40 (0.80–2.44)
Diabetes 1.42 (0.91–2.21) 1.49 (0.89–2.49)
Hypertension 1.26 (0.62–2.55) 1.47 (0.65–3.33)
Dyslipidemia 0.73 (0.41–1.28) 0.72 (0.38–1.35)
Current Smoker 1.52 (0.74–3.11) 0.90 (0.45–1.82)
Eccentric lesion 0.96 (0.64–1.46) 1.17 (0.75–1.83)
Ulcerated lesion 0.83 (0.52–1.32) 0.63 (0.34–1.17)
CABG 1.06 (0.59–1.90) 1.11 (0.61–2.02)
Stenosis ≥ 80% 0.86 (0.57–1.31) 0.78 (0.48–1.28)
Lesion length ≥ 16 1.10 (0.70–1.73) 1.18 (0.68–2.02)

Operator Model Only
Univariate Multivariable Most parsimonious

Operator Total procedures performed in Lead–in
(tertiles)
1.83 (1.05–3.19) 1.57 (0.92–2.69) 1.46 (0.85–2.53)
  16–35 (26 operators) 0.88 (0.48–1.62) 0.84 (0.45–1.58) 0.81 (0.44–1.52)
  9–15 (43 operators) reference reference Reference
  1–8 (114 operators)
Specialty
  Neurosurgery 1.80 (0.72–4.47) 1.80 (0.84–3.86) 1.80 (0.72–4.47) 1.69 (0.76–3.74) 1.66 (0.66–4.16)
  Vascular surgery 2.09 (1.21–3.61) 1.95 (1.19–3.20) 2.09 (1.21–3.61) 1.96 (1.19–3.24) 2.05 (1.18–3.56)
  Interventional radiology 1.70 (0.93–3.13) 1.60 (0.86–2.99) 1.70 (0.93–3.13) 1.57 (0.83–2.97) 1.66 (0.89–3.08)
  Neuroradiology 0.40 (0.14–1.18) 0.43 (0.13–1.35) 0.40 (0.14–1.18) 0.41 (0.13–1.30) 0.39 (0.13–1.15)
  Cardiology reference reference reference reference reference