Table 4.

Diagnostic predictors of in-hospital death

	OR: Death in Hospital	95%CI: Lower	95%CI: Upper	P value
Number of diagnoses	1.095	1.091	1.099	< 0.000
Number of procedures	1.249	1.242	1.256	< 0.000
Diagnosis (Reference: No disease)
Portal hypertension (5723)	0.689	0.660	0.719	0.000
Ascites (7895)	1.020	0.977	1.066	0.369
Esophageal variceal bleeding (45620)	2.187	2.098	2.279	0.000
Other ascites (78959)	0.783	0.741	0.827	0.000
Acute post-hemorrhagic anemia (2851)	2.011	1.920	2.105	0.000
Diabetes, uncomplicated (25000)	0.474	0.443	0.506	0.000
Hepatic encephalopathy (5722)	2.217	2.118	2.322	0.000
Hypertension NOS (4019)	0.597	0.561	0.635	0.000
Cirrhosis of liver NOS (5715)	0.836	0.789	0.886	0.000
Alcoholic liver cirrhosis (5712)	1.079	1.021	1.141	0.007
Thrombocytopenia NOS (2875)	1.081	1.022	1.142	0.006
Varices of other sites (4568)	0.784	0.736	0.835	0.000
Acute kidney failure NOS (5849)	4.359	4.162	4.566	0.000
Esophageal varices w/no bleeding (45621)	0.445	0.411	0.481	0.000
Acute respiratory failure (51881)	8.246	7.875	8.634	0.000
AHRQ comorbidity measures (Reference: No disease)
AIDS	1.579	1.216	2.050	0.001
CHF	1.437	1.300	1.587	< 0.001
Coagulopathy	2.016	1.918	2.119	< 0.001
Liver disease	1.051	0.981	1.125	0.156
Lymphoma	1.842	1.414	2.402	< 0.001
Fluid and electrolyte disorders	2.823	2.684	2.969	< 0.001
Metastatic cancer	1.412	1.167	1.708	< 0.001
Perivascular disease	1.527	1.292	1.806	<0.001
Pulmonary circulation disorders	1.496	1.249	1.792	< 0.001
Renal failure	1.036	0.933	1.151	0.506
Solid tumor without mets	1.491	1.322	1.681	< 0.001
Valvular disease	1.067	0.910	1.252	0.424
Weight loss	1.595	1.453	1.751	< 0.001

AIDS: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; CHF: Congestive heart failure; ICD: International classification of diseases; AHRQ: Agency for healthcare research and quality.