Table 3. Characteristics associated with in-hospital death among patients who underwent valvular heart surgery in Salvador, Brazil, 2002–2005.

Characteristic	Deaths (n = 58)		Survivors (n = 431)		OR (95% CI)
	Patients with available response	N (%)	Patients withavailableresponse	N (%)	Univariateanalysis	Multivariable analysis*
Age, mean (SD)	58	54.8 (19.8)	429	45.3 (19.2)	1.03 (1.01–1.04)†	1.04 (1.02–1.06)†
Male Sex	58	25 (43)	431	215 (50)	0.76 (0.44–1.32)	0.55 (0.29–1.03)
Mixed or black race	48	24 (50)	370	210 (57)	0.76 (0.42–1.39)	−
Public sector payment	57	32 (56)	425	240 (56)	0.99 (0.57–1.72)	1.89 (0.93–3.82)
Underlying etiology	58		429
RHD		26 (45)		266 (62)	0.70 (0.34–1.45)	0.60 (0.22–1.61)
Degenerative valvular disease		13 (22)		62 (14)	1.50 (0.64–3.52)	1.11 (0.44–2.80)
Endocarditis		7 (12)		15 (4)	3.34 (1.13–9.86)	6.35 (1.92–21.04)
Other/Unknown		12 (21)		86 (20)	1.00	1.00
Two or more operated valves	56	17 (30)	421	60 (14)	2.62 (1.39–4.93)	4.35 (2.12–8.95)
Prior heart valve surgery	58	14 (24)	425	77 (18)	1.44 (0.75–2.75)	2.49 (1.05–5.87)

^*Number of responses used in the multivariable model = 464.

^†Odds ratio per one year increase in age.

RHD = Rheumatic heart disease.