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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 2.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2008 Sep;248(3):459–467. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318185e1b3

TABLE 6.

Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis

Factor In-Hospital Mortality
Discharge Other Than Home
*
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Age group
 <60 1.00 1.00
 60–69 2.53 1.53–4.17 1.91 1.27–2.87
 70–79 1.81 1.12–2.93 5.61 3.95–7.96
 80+ 4.45 2.31–8.57 16.35 10.41–25.67
Gender
 Male 1.00 1.00
 Female 0.77 0.54–1.11 1.16 0.90–1.50
Race
 White 1.00 1.00
 Black 1.57 0.91–2.67 1.50 1.00–2.26
 Hispanic 0.95 0.59–1.54 0.98 0.69–1.39
 Other 1.48 0.752.91 1.35 0.82–2.52
Hospital volume
 Low–volume (≤10/yr) 1.00 1.00
 High–volume (>10/yr) 0.50 0.34–0.73 0.46 0.35–0.60
Year of operation 0.89 0.81–0.97 1.07 1.00–1.15
Diagnosis
 Periampullary cancer 1.00 1.00
 Other 1.47 0.97–2.21 1.27 0.93–1.72
Risk of mortality
 1 1.00 1.00
 2 1.87 0.70–4.96 1.49 0.98–2.28
 3 6.23 2.55–15.22 3.20 2.11–4.86
 4 60.92 25.2–147.3 4.81 2.957.85
Illness severity
 1 1.00 1.00
 2 1.19 0.14–10.49 3.94 0.50–30.78
 3 0.57 0.07–4.97 9.63 1.27–72.97
 4 1.03 0.12–8.97 15.00 1.96–115.12
Admission status
 Elective 1.00 1.00
 Urgent/emergent 1.45 0.98–2.14 1.30 0.98–1.72
Procedure
 Head resection 1.00 1.00
 Distal resection 0.46 0.25–0.85 0.66 0.44–0.99
 Pancreatectomy, not specified 0.47 0.20–1.09 1.11 0.62–1.97
*

Includes skilled nursing facilities, intermediate nursing facilities, other inpatient acute care hospitals, and Medicare– and Medicaid–certified long–term care hospitals or nursing facilities and excludes hospital mortalities.