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. 2017 May 18;104(10):1315–1326. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10552

Table 4.

Logistic regression analysis to identify factors associated with in‐hospital mortality during training (48 trainees, 24 272 surgical training episodes)

Died* Univariable analysis Multivariable analysis
Alive Missing Odds ratio P Odds ratio P
Student role
Observer 4397 116 (2·6) 2 1·00 (reference) 1·00 (reference)
Assistant 9075 225 (2·4) 11 0·94 (0·75, 1·18) 0·592 0·99 (0·78, 1·25) 0·915
Directly supervised 5633 89 (1·6) 2 0·60 (0·45, 0·79) < 0·001 0·74 (0·55, 0·99) 0·045
Indirectly supervised 4678 36 (0·8) 1 0·29 (0·20, 0·42) < 0·001 0·47 (0·32, 0·71) < 0·001
Missing 7 0 0
Sex
M 9974 262 (2·6) 8 1·00 (reference) 1·00 (reference)
F 13 804 204 (1·5) 8 0·56 (0·47, 0·68) < 0·001 0·43 (0·35, 0·54) < 0·001
Missing 12 0 0
Urgency
Planned 12 907 120 (0·9) 4 1·00 (reference) 1·00 (reference)
Emergency 10 865 345 (3·1) 12 3·42 (2·77, 4·21) < 0·001 4·05 (3·18, 5·15) < 0·001
Missing 18 1 0
Surgical procedure
Caesarean section 6383 54 (0·8) 1 1·00 (reference) 1·00 (reference)
Hernia repair 6435 33 (0·5) 3 0·61 (0·39, 0·94) 0·024 0·68 (0·41, 1·13) 0·135
Laparotomy 1937 199 (9·3) 6 12·14 (8·95, 16·48) < 0·001 7·14 (5·06, 10·08) < 0·001
Appendicectomy 826 8 (1·0) 0 1·14 (0·54, 2·41) 0·722 0·93 (0·44, 2·00) 0·861
Dilatation and curettage 860 6 (0·7) 0 0·82 (0·35, 1·92) 0·655 0·97 (0·41, 2·23) 0·917
Hysterectomy 654 13 (1·9) 0 2·34 (1·28, 4·33) 0·006 3·62 (1·93, 6·79) < 0·001
Other 6695 153 (2·2) 6 2·70 (1·98, 3·69) < 0·001 2·78 (1·96, 3·95) < 0·001
Hospital
Government 6510 67 (1·0) 0 1·00 (reference) 1·00 (reference)
Private non‐profit 17 228 399 (2·3) 16 2·25 (1·73, 2·92) < 0·001 1·54 (1·16, 2·03) 0·003
Missing 52 0 0

Values in parentheses are

*

percentages and

95 per cent confidence intervals.