Table 2.

Gender and Carotid Endarterectomy Outcomes, 2000-2009^*

	Death	Time to Procedure	Perioperative Stroke	Myocardial Infarction	Surgical Cardiac Complications	Length of Stay (days)	Discharge to Facility or Home Health
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Asymptomatic
Male	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Female	0.83 (0.70-0.98)	NS	NS	NS	0.90 (0.83-0.97)	0.93 (0.92-0.93)	1.26 (1.20-1.33)
Symptomatic
Male	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Female	NS	NS	NS	NS	0.78 (0.63-0.97)	0.92 (0.90-0.95)	1.18 (1.10-1.28)

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^*Adjusted for age, emergency surgery, insurance status, race, hospital location, hospital region, hospital teaching status;

NS = Not significant