Table 3.
Associations between age at complete repair of TOF and length of stay and postoperative complication
| Length of stay | Postoperative complication | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univariate | Multivariate | Multivariatea | Univariate | Multivariate | Multivariatea | ||
| β ± SE | β ± SE | β ± SE | OR (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | ||
| Age at repair | −0.05 ± 0.01 | − 0.02 ± 0.01 | 0.99 (0.99–1.00) | 0.99 (0.99–1.00) | |||
| ≤ 30 days | Reference | Reference | – | Reference | Reference | – | |
| 31–90 days | −12.52 ± 3.31 | − 5.95 ± 2.98 | 0.54 (0.34–0.84) | 0.66 (0.40–1.11) | |||
| 91–180 days | − 18.38 ± 3.48 | −8.72 ± 3.20 | 0.45 (0.31–0.66) | 0.60 (0.39–0.92) | |||
| > 180 days | −18.63 ± 3.54 | −9.50 ± 3.39 | 0.44 (0.31–0.64) | 0.60 (0.40–0.89) | |||
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | Reference | – | Reference | – | – | ||
| Female | −0.18 ± 1.05 | 1.19 (0.92–1.53) | |||||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| White | Reference | – | Reference | – | – | ||
| Non-White | 0.56 ± 1.90 | 1.29 (0.98–1.71) | |||||
| Insurance status | |||||||
| Medicare/Medicaid | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | – | – | |
| Private including HMO | −2.82 ± 1.04 | −1.78 ± 0.96 | −1.95 ± 0.96 | 1.09 (0.85–1.39) | |||
| Self-pay/no charge/other | −0.08 ± 2.7 | 0.83 ± 2.36 | 0.69 ± 2.36 | 0.88 (0.51–1.54) | |||
| Admission type | |||||||
| Elective | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||
| Non-elective | 14.32 ± 2.72 | 10.17 ± 2.49 | 11.36 ± 2.52 | 1.56 (1.15–2.13) | 1.28 (0.91–1.78) | 1.34 (0.99–1.83) | |
| Chromosomal anomalies | 2.95 ± 2.17 | – | – | 0.95 (0.65–1.39) | – | ||
| Heart catheterization | 15.72 ± 4.90 | 11.13 ± 4.37 | 11.81 ± 4.49 | 2.62 (1.67–4.10) | 2.26 (1.41–3.62) | 2.35 (1.48–3.73) | |
| Gastrostomy tube insertion | 49.47 ± 11.45 | 42.61 ± 11.86 | 42.39 ± 11.31 | 0.36 (0.16–0.82) | 0.28 (0.12–0.69) | 0.27 (0.11–0.66) | |
| Bed size of hospital | |||||||
| Small | Reference | – | – | Reference | Reference | Reference | |
| Medium | 0.61 ± 3.70 | 0.62 (0.41–0.94) | 0.67 (0.44–1.03) | 0.68 (0.43–1.07) | |||
| Large | 0.60 ± 3.19 | 0.82 (0.53–1.27) | 0.87 (0.57–1.33) | 0.88 (0.56–1.36) | |||
β estimate, SE standard error, OR odds ratio, aOR adjusted OR, CI confidence interval
Multivariate logistic regression was adjusted for variables significant in univariate analysis
Numbers in bold indicates statistically significant (P < 0.05)
- Test cannot be performed because variable was not significant in univariate analysis
aAge at repair was consider as continuous variable