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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 May 21;96(1):96–104. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.03.091
N Hospital-based, acute care in 30-days (%) Point Estimate 95% Confidence Limits

Age
 18-49 years 4,289 24.7 Reference
 50-59 years 13,360 22.4 0.88 0.81 0.96
 60-69 years 20,852 21.8 0.78 0.71 0.85
 70-79 years 18,825 24.9 0.83 0.76 0.90
 80+ years 6,585 29.0 0.98 0.89 1.08
Female 16,291 29.4 1.30 1.25 1.37
Primary payer
 Medicare 33,467 25.8 Reference
 Medicaid 4,789 31.1 1.19 1.11 1.28
 Private 22,118 19.0 0.78 0.73 0.82
 Other 3,537 24.3 0.93 0.84 1.02
Scheduled admission 29,141 20.7 0.83 0.80 0.86
Comorbid medical conditions
 Congestive Heart Failure 15,137 31.2 1.22 1.17 1.27
 Cardiac Arrhythmia 24,912 26.4 1.17 1.12 1.22
 Valvular Disease 6,826 27.9 1.07 1.01 1.12
 Peripheral Vascular Disorders 9,070 28.7 1.13 1.07 1.19
 Hypertension Uncomplicated 42,149 22.5 1.02 0.97 1.08
 Hypertension Complicated 10,042 31.7 0.97 0.88 1.07
 Paralysis 422 31.3 1.12 0.89 1.42
 Other Neurological Disorders 2,170 32.5 1.25 1.15 1.36
 Chronic Pulmonary Disease 14,699 27.7 1.21 1.16 1.27
 Diabetes Uncomplicated 22,807 25.7 1.21 1.16 1.27
 Diabetes Complicated 5,218 33.7 1.40 1.27 1.53
 Hypothyroidism 5,172 26.5 1.00 0.94 1.07
 Renal Failure 8,651 33.5 1.39 1.26 1.53
 Liver Disease 1,172 32.3 1.28 1.13 1.45
 Metastatic Cancer 93 22.6 0.85 0.49 1.47
 Solid Tumor without Metastasis 793 25.5 1.10 0.93 1.31
 Rheumatoid Arthritis/collagen 949 29.4 1.21 1.03 1.42
 Coagulopathy 5,312 26.9 1.07 1.00 1.14
 Obesity 11,630 26.3 1.09 1.05 1.14
 Weight Loss 911 35.5 1.12 0.99 1.28
 Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders 9,787 28.9 1.07 1.02 1.13
 Deficiency Anemia 1,067 29.8 1.00 0.88 1.14
 Alcohol Abuse 1,897 25.6 1.00 0.89 1.13
 Drug Abuse 1,154 33.4 1.41 1.26 1.59
 Psychoses 538 32.9 1.24 1.03 1.51
 Depression 3,281 31.8 1.32 1.22 1.43
Revascularization with internal mammary artery 56,949 23.4 0.93 0.86 1.00
Primary diagnosis of myocardial infarction 15,681 27.0 1.06 1.00 1.12
Secondary diagnosis of myocardial infarction 4,053 27.8 1.12 1.04 1.20
Vessels bypassed
 1 vessel 47,925 21.6 Reference
 2 vessels 6,651 23.7 1.18 1.03 1.36
 3 vessels 5,100 23.8 1.18 1.03 1.35
 4+ vessels 3,082 25.0 1.16 1.00 1.36
 Not specified 1,153 24.5 1.15 1.00 1.34

c-statistic = 0.63