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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2017 Mar 1;119(10):1555–1559. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.02.024

Table 3.

In-hospital mortality, complications, procedures, length of stay and cost of hospitalization for patients with ST- Elevation myocardial infarction.

In-Hospital Outcomes Overall COPD
NO YES
Number of cases (weighted) 2,120,005 1,840,517 279,488
In-hospital mortality % 9.2 8.7 12.5
 Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Reference 1.50 (1.48 to 1.52)
 Adjusted OR* (95% CI) Reference 1.13 (1.11 to 1.15)
New-onset AHF % 23.7% 21.3% 39.4%
 Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Reference 2.40 (2.38 to2.42)
 Adjusted OR* (95% CI) Reference 2.01(1.99 to 2.03)
Acute respiratory failure % 10.3% 8.7% 20.6%
 Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Reference 2.70 (2.67 to2.73)
 Adjusted OR* (95% CI) Reference 2.46 (2.43 to 2.50)
Cardiogenic shock % 8.1 7.8 10.6
 Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Reference 1.40 (1.38 to 1.42)
 Adjusted OR* (95% CI) Reference 1.24 (1.22 to 1.26)
Mean length of stay (days) 4.75±5.90 4.56±5.73 6.00±6.72
Average hospital charges ($) 59,258±68,321 58,536±66,937 63,956±76,579

COPD= chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; AHF= Acute Heart Failure; CI= confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

*

Adjusted for demographics, hospital characteristics, comorbidities and coronary intervention (coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass grafting)