. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 14.

Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 May 24;94(2):10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.03.065. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.03.065

Table 2.

Postoperative Complications and Failure to Rescue Across Hospital Mortality Tertiles, Overall and Stratified by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons–European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Mortality Category^a

Hospital Mortality Tertile	Complications
Hospital Mortality Tertile	Overall	p Value	STAT 1–3	p Value	STAT 4–5	p Value
High	1.16 (0.73–1.87)	0.53	1.14 (0.71–1.84)	0.58	1.23 (0.76–1.99)	0.39
Middle	0.92 (0.49–1.72)	0.80	0.93 (0.50–1.74)	0.82	0.92 (0.49–1.71)	0.78
Low	Reference

Hospital Mortality Tertile	FTR
Hospital Mortality Tertile	Overall	p Value	STAT 1–3	p Value	STAT 4–5	p Value
High	2.20 (1.72–2.82)	<0.0001	1.84 (1.27–2.66)	0.001	2.35 (1.85–2.99)	<0.0001
Middle	1.60 (1.22–2.11)	<0.001	1.53 (1.06–2.21)	0.02	1.61 (1.23–2.11)	<0.001
Low	Reference

Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals are presented for complications and FTR across hospital mortality tertiles (defined based on adjusted mortality rate), overall and stratified by STAT mortality category.

FTR = failure to rescue; STAT = Society of Thoracic Surgeons–European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.