Table 5. Factors associated with death.

		24-hr Death		7-day Death
		OR (95% CI)	p-value	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Age	Per 10 years	1.35 (1.26, 1.44)	<0.001	1.45 (1.40, 1.51)	<.001
Male sex		1.30 (1.14, 1.47)	<0.001	1.28 (1.19, 1.38)	<.001
Triage acuity score
Low acuity	CTAS 4–5	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent
Urgent	CTAS 3	1.32 (0.93, 1.88)	0.12	1.23 (1.04, 1.45)	0.016
Emergent	CTAS 2	2.41 (1.71, 3.40)	<0.001	1.79 (1.52, 2.11)	<.001
Critical (resuscitation)	CTAS 1	9.06 (6.28, 13.06)	<0.001	4.47 (3.67, 5.45)	<.001
Arrival by paramedic		5.31 (4.43, 6.36)	<0.001	3.30 (3.03, 3.60)	<.001
No. of prior HF admissions:	None	Referent	Referent	Referent	Referent
	1	0.94 (0.77, 1.15)	0.55	0.91 (0.81, 1.03)	0.13
	≥2	0.72 (0.49, 1.05)	0.09	0.84 (0.68, 1.02)	0.08
Valvular heart disease		1.08 (0.85, 1.38)	0.52	1.04 (0.90, 1.19)	0.61
PVD		0.92 (0.70, 1.22)	0.57	0.97 (0.83, 1.13)	0.71
Dementia		1.75 (1.42, 2.16)	<0.001	1.82 (1.61, 2.06)	<.001
Respiratory disease		1.15 (0.98, 1.35)	0.08	1.09 (1.00, 1.20)	0.06
Renal disease		1.04 (0.86, 1.25)	0.73	1.05 (0.94, 1.17)	0.36
Metastatic cancer		3.04 (2.19, 4.23)	<0.001	3.28 (2.67, 4.01)	<.001
ED length of stay	Per 5 hours	0.61 (0.56, 0.67)	<0.001	0.87 (0.84, 0.90)	<.001