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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Heart Lung. 2019 Sep 3;49(2):123–131. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2019.08.018

Table 5.

Logistic Regression Likelihood Ratio Test

Model χ2 (df) pmodel Δχ2
df)
pdifference Model χ2
(df)
pmodel Δχ2
df)
pdifference
Dialysis Comfort Care Orderset
1 (all predictors) 35.20 6 (4) < .001 1 (all predictors) 5.182 (4) .269
2 (removed sex) 35.04 7 (3) < .001 0.159 (1) .6901 2 (removed age) 5.134 (3) .162 0.048 (1) .8266
3*** (removed sex + CCI) 28.85 5 (2) < .001 6.192 (1) .0128 3 (removed age + sex) 4.784 (2) .091 0.35 (1) .5541
4 (removed sex + CCI + age) 0.919 (1) .338 27.93 6 (1) < .00001 4*** (removed age + sex + CCI) 3.076 (1) .079 1.708 (1) .1912
Invasive Procedures Received CPR
1 (all predictors) 34.93 9 (4) < .001 1 (all predictors) 17.47 2 (4) .002
2 (removed sex) 34.89 7 (3) < .001 0.042 (1) .8376 2 (removed CCI) 17.47 0 (3) .001 0.002 (1) .9643
3*** (removed sex + CCI) 31.91 2 (2) < .001 2.985 (1) .0840 3*** (removed CCI + sex) 16.79 2 (2) < .001 0.678 (1) .4103
4 (removed sex + CCI + age) 4.252 (1) .039 27.66 (1) <.00001 4 (removed CCI + sex + age) 7.227 (1) .007 9.565 (1) .0020
Mechanical Ventilation Code Status at Time of Death
1 (all predictors) 56.15 5 (4) < .001 1 (all predictors) 9.484 (4) .050
2*** (removed sex) 55.63 4 (3) <.001 0.521 (1) .4704 2 (removed sex) 9.455 (3) .024 0.029 (1) .8648
3 (removed sex + CCI) 48.45 3 (2) <.001 7.181 (1) .0074 3 (removed sex + CCI) 8.936 (2) .011 0.519 (1) .4713
4 (removed sex + CCI + age) 12.49 6 (1) < .001 43.13 8 (2) < .00001 4*** (removed sex + CCI + age) 5.281 (1) .022 3.655 (1) .0559
Artificial Nutrition Received PC Consult
1 (all predictors) 10.60 9 (4) .031 1 (all predictors) 11.38 6 (4) .023
2 (removed sex) 10.60 9 (3) .014 0 (1) 1 2 (removed age) 11.38 1 (3) .010 0.005 (1) .9436
3*** (removed sex + CCI) 9.979 (2) .007 0.63 (1) .4274 3 (removed age + sex) 11.16 2 (2) .004 0.219 (1) .6398
4 (removed sex + CCI + age) 0.035 (1) .851 9.944 (1) .0016 4*** (removed age + sex + CCI) 7.860 (1) .005 3.302 (1) .0692
CV Support Received Hospice Consult
1 (all predictors) 48.47 0 (4) <.001 1 (all predictors) 13.03 9 (4) .011
2 (removed sex) 48.19 1 (3) < .001 0.279 (1) .5974 2 (removed sex) 13.02 0 (3) .005 0.019 (1) .8904
3*** (removed sex + CCI) 47.31 5 (2) < .001 0.876 (1) .3493 3 (removed sex + CCI) 13.00 2 (2) .002 0.018 (1) .8933
4 (removed sex + CCI + age) 4.573 (1) .032 42.74 2 (1) < .00001 4*** (removed sex + CCI + age) 11.57 2 (1) .001 1.43 (1) .2318
Admit/Transfer to the ICU
1 (all predictors) 18.64 5 (4) .001
2 (removed sex) 18.35 9 (3) < .001 0.286 (1) .5928
3*** (removed sex + CCI) 15.19 7 (2) .001 3.162 (1) .0754
4 (removed sex + CCI + age) 4.033 (1) .045 11.16 4 (1) .0008

χ2, chi square; df, degrees of freedom; pmodel, significance of the individual model; Δχ2, change in chi square between models; Δdf, change in degrees of freedom between models; pdifference, significance of the Δχ2

***

, retained model