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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2012 Sep;40(9):2562–2568. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318259007b

Table 2.

Adjusted odds ratio for death before and after the intervention for unexpected (non-do-not-attempt resuscitation, non-intensive care unit) mortality

Adjusted Odds Ratio p
Intervention period 0.2 (0.11–0.37) <.0001
Charlson Comorbidity Index (per point increase) 1.56 (1.37–1.77) <.0001
Case mix (per point increase) 1.12 (1.07–1.17) <.0001
Age (per year increase) 1.04 (1.02–1.05) <.0001
Gender (female vs. male) 0.69 (0.46–1.04) .08
 Race
 Asian 0.58 (0.08–4.19) .6
 Black 0.84 (0.39–1.82) .7
 Hispanic 0.81 (0.2–3.3) .8
 Other 1.4 (0.78–2.5) .3
 White 1.0
Season
 Spring 1.3 (0.71–2.4) .4
 Summer 1.01 (0.56–1.81) .99
 Fall 0.9 (0.47–1.71) .7
 Winter 1.0
Intensive care unit bed ratio
 Lowest 0.65 (0.21–2.03) .5
 Second lowest 0.73 (0.32–1.69) .5
 Third lowest 0.95 (0.42–2.15) .9
 Highest 1.0

Table represents the odds of unexpected mortality (deaths outside of an intensive care unit in patients without do-not-attempt resuscitation orders), adjusted for a number of potential confounders.