Table 5.

Estimated Odds Ratios (ORs) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CIs) for Anesthesia-Related Complications in Labor and Delivery for Multivariate Logistic Regression Models, New York State, 2002-2005

	Model 1a		Model 2b
Effect	Odds ratio	95% CI	Odds ratio	95% CI
Age (yr)
11–19	0.88	0.76–1.02	0.85	0.68–1.07
20–29	1.00	—	1.00	—
30–39	1.08	1.01–1.15	0.97	0.88–1.07
40–55	0.95	0.81–1.11	1.02	0.85–1.23
Race
Caucasian	1.37	1.24–1.52	1.39	1.21–1.60
African American	1.00	—	1.00	—
Hispanic	1.11	0.98–1.26	1.09	0.92–1.29
Other	1.16	1.03–1.32	1.21	1.02–1.43
Payment type
Medicaid/medicare	0.94	0.87–1.01	1.06	0.95–1.17
Private insurance	1.00	—	1.00	—
Self-pay	0.81	0.66–1.00	0.90	0.66–1.20
Other	0.87	0.68–1.12	0.77	0.53–1.12
Charlson Comorbidity Index
0	1.00	—	1.00	—
1 +	1.47	1.28-1.69	1.28	1.06–1.54
Admission day
Weekend	1.01	0.93-1.09	1.10	0.98–1.23
Weekday	1.00	—	1.00	—
Scheduled admission
Yes	1.10	1.03-1.18	1.14	1.03–1.25
No	1.00	—	1.00	—
Rural/urban
Urban	1.00	—	1.00	—
Rural	1.33	1.21–1.46	1.65	1.46–1.87
Cesarean delivery
Yes	2.51	2.36–2.68	—	—
No	1.00	—	—	—

^aModel 1 was constructed using data for all patients from 2002 to 2005.

^bModel 2 was constructed using data for all patients who had cesarean deliveries from 2002 to 2005.