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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Jan 28;97(3):973–979. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.12.016

Table 3.

Hierarchical Linear Regression Model: 30-day Mortality

Variable OR CI p-value F test
Procedure Type 13.63
 Pneumonectomy 7.25 4.16 – 12.63 <0.001
 Chest wall resection with lung 5.35 2.31 –12.36 <0.001
 Lobectomy/bilobectomy 1.92 1.19 – 3.08 0.007
 Segmentectomy 1.80 0.99 – 3.26 0.052
 Wedge resection 2.15 1.26 – 3.66 0.005
 VATS lobectomy 1.25 0.73 – 2.15 0.42
 VATS segmentectomy 0.58 0.23 – 1.46 0.247
 VATS wedge resection REF
Surgical Year 2.25
 2007 0.62 0.39 – 0.98 0.043
 2008 0.74 0.47 – 1.17 0.203
 2009 0.82 0.52 – 1.30 0.401
 2010 REF
Age 7.48
 65–69 0.40 0.26 – 0.61 <0.001
 70–74 0.43 0.29 – 0.65 <0.001
 75–79 0.68 0.46 – 1.01 0.053
 80–84 0.58 0.38 – 0.88 0.012
 85+ REF
Gender 32.5
 Female 0.55 0.44 – 0.67 <0.001
 Male REF
Race 0.79
 Asian 1.47 0.83 – 2.59 0.186
 Black 1.16 0.75 – 1.77 0.507
 Other 1.19 0.68 – 2.07 0.551
 White REF
Induction Radiation 1.71 1.20 – 2.43 0.003 8.94
Acute MI 1.54 1.17 – 2.02 0.002 9.57
CHF 1.86 1.44 – 2.39 <0.001 22.88
PVD 0.98 0.76 – 1.28 0.907 0.01
Cerebrovascular Disease 1.87 1.44 – 2.43 <0.001 22.06
COPD 1.11 0.90 – 1.37 0.334 0.93
Diabetes 1.03 0.82 – 1.28 0.801 0.06
Renal Failure 0.99 0.72 – 1.35 0.933 0.01

REF = reference VATS = video-assisted thorascopic surgery MI = myocardial infarction CHF = congestive heart failure PVD = peripheral vascular disease COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease