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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2010 Oct 25;211(6):784–790. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.08.009

Table 3.

Preoperative factors of surgery delay

Parameters Surgical procedures
CABG Lung resection Colon resection
Age:
 80+ 1.26 (1.16–1.37) NS 2.24 (1.97–2.54)
Gender:
 Female 1.24 (1.19–1.28) 0.84 (0.75–0.94) 1.11 (1.05–1.17)
Race/Ethnicity:
 Black 1.13 (1.05–1.21) 1.47 (1.20–1.81) 1.37 (1.26–1.49)
 Hispanic 1.69 (1.58–1.80) 1.73 (1.30–2,29) 1.37 (1.22–1.54)
Comorbidities:
 Congestive heart failure NS 1.40 (1.12–1.75) 1.85 (1.69–2.02)
 Chronic pulmonary disease 1.13 (1.09–1.18) 1.21 (1.08–1.36) 1.16 (1.08–1.24)
 Renal failure 1.40 (1.31–1.50) 1.49 (1.10–2.03) 1.40 (1.21–1.63)

References: Age: 40–49 years; Gender: male; Race: White. NS: results non significant. Odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals.