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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Infect Control. 2012 May 19;40(10):963–968. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.012

Table 1.

Risk factors and outcomes of MPI

Variable Major infection (n = 341) No major infection (n = 10,181) Unadjusted OR (95% CI) P value aOR (95% CI) P value
Risk factors
 Caucasian 278 (81.5) 8,930 (87.7) 0.6 (0.5–0.8) .0007 0.73 (0.54–0.97) .03
 BMI, kg/m2*
  ≥30 and <40 120 (35.2) 3,267 (32.1) 1.3 (1.0–1.6) 1.31 (1.03–1.66) .028
  ≥40 32 (9.4) 437 (4.3) 2.5 (1.7–3.7) 2.48 (1.66–3.71) <.0001
 Emergent surgery 15 (4.4) 210 (2.1) 2.2 (1.3–3.7) .0034 1.99 (1.13–3.48) .017
 Diabetes 154 (45.2) 3,481 (34.2) 1.6 (1.3–2.0) <.0001 1.25 (1.00–1.58) .063
 Renal failure 54 (15.8) 550 (5.4) 3.3 (2.4–4.5) <.0001 2.25 (1.54–3.28) <.0001
 Chronic lung disease 0.73 (0.55–0.97) .029
 Cerebrovascular accident 49 (14.4) 807 (7.9) 2.0 (1.4–2.7) <.0001 1.57 (1.14–2.17) .006
 Peripheral vascular disease 88 (25.8) 1,640 (16.1) 1.8 (1.4–2.3) <.0001 1.47 (1.13–1.92) .004
 Immunosuppressive treatment 22 (6.5) 284 (2.8) 2.4 (1.5–3.8) <.0001 1.97 (1.23–3.13) .005
 Previous CABG 41 (12.0) 747 (7.3) 1.7 (1.2–2.4) .0012 1.72 (1.22–2.43) .002
 Congestive heart failure 108 (31.7) 2,094 (20.6) 1.8 (1.4–2.3) <.0001 1.30 (1.01–1.67) .043
 NYHA class IV 121 (35.5) 2,702 (26.5) 1.5 (1.2–1.9) .0002 1.38 (1.09–1.74) .007
Outcomes
 30-day mortality, n (%) 29 (8.5) 227 (2.2) <.0001
 Postoperative LOS, days, median 15.0 6.0 <.0001

CABG, coronary artery bypass graft surgery; NYHA, New York Heart Association.

*

Reference group was BMI <30 kg/m2.