Table 2.

Predictors of Full Code Status in Cardiac Care Unit Patients at the End-of-life

Predictor	Full Code (n=1072)a
Variables	Wald	OR	95% (CI)	p-value
Gender (female vs. male)	2.49	0.80	0.61, 1.06	.12
Age (every 10 yrs)	14.46	0.82	0.74, 0.89	<.0001
Race
Black vs. White	22.96	1.91	1.39, 2.63	<.0001
Black vs. Other	5.91	1.35	0.43, 1.28	.02
Length of Stay (per day)	38.58	0.91	0.88, 0.94	<.0001
Diagnosis
Arrhythmia	5.10	1.70	0.82, 3.53	.01
Cardiac Arrest	0.14	0.76	0.54, 1.08	.71
Cardiomyopathy	2.49	0.31	0.10, 0.94	.12
Chronic Heart Failure	0.42	0.56	0.27, 1.15	.58
Other	0.23	0.63	0.42, 0.94	.63
Respiratory arrest	0.01	0.68	0.36, 1.28	.91
Pump failure	1.88	1.98	0.38, 10.21	.17
Sepsis	1.45	0.22	0.028, 1.80	.23

^ac-statistic = .72