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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2015 Jan 16;61(4):1010–1019. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.11.073

Table II.

Multivariable factors associated with less medical management (MM)

Variable OR 95% CI P
Age ≥78 years (Ref <63) 0.8 0.7–0.8 <.001
Ethnicity
  Not Hispanic or Latino 1.0 (Ref)
  Hispanic or Latino 0.8 0.8–0.9 <.001
Transfer
  None 1.0 (Ref)
  Hospital 0.8 0.7–0.9 <.001
  Rehabilitation 1 0.8–1.3 .679
CHF 0.9 0.8–0.9 <.001
Prior major amputation 0.9 0.8–0.9 .001
Race
  White 1.0 (Ref)
  American Indian/Alaskan 0.8 0.5–1.1 .108
  Asian 1.1 0.9–1.3 .589
  African American 0.9 0.58–1.9 .002
  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1.2 0.7–2.0 .602
  >1 race 1.3 0.7–2.6 .443
  Unknown/other 1 0.9–1.1 .897
COPD
  None 1.0 (Ref)
  Not treated 0.9 0.8–0.9 .019
  On medication 1.0 0.9–1.0 .252
  On oxygen 0.9 0.8–0.9 .005
Dialysis
  None 1.0 (Ref)
  Working transplant 0.8 0.7–1.1 .157
  On dialysis 0.6 0.5–0.7 <.001
Living status
  Home 1.0 (Ref)
  Nursing home 0.7 0.6–0.8 <.001
  Homeless 1.0 0.6–1.8 .844
β-Blocker noncompliant
Procedure
0.3 0.2–0.5 <.001
  CAS 1.0 (Ref)
  CEA 1.0 0.9–1.1 .839
  oAAA 0.38 0.3–0.4 <.001
  EVAR 0.37 0.3–0.4 <.001
  Suprainguinal bypass 0.39 0.3–0.4 <.001
  Infrainguinal bypass 0.39 0.3–0.4 <.001
  PVI 0.45 0.4–0.5 <.001
  TEVAR 0.37 0.3–0.4 <.001

CAS, Carotid artery stenting; CEA, carotid endarterectomy; CHF, congestive heart failure; CI, confidence interval; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; EVAR, endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair; oAAA, open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair; OR, odds ratio; PVI, peripheral vascular intervention; TEVAR, thoracic endovascular aortic repair.