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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Dec 6;110(1):50–57. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.10.039

Table 3.

Multivariable adjusted adverse outcomes using platelet nadir, absolute change in platelets, and percent change in platelets as continuous variables.

Platelet Nadir % Change in Platelets Absolute Change in Platelets

Adverse outcome Odds Ratio (95% CI) P value Odds Ratio (95% CI) P value Odds Ratio (95% CI) P value
In-Hospital death
 Unadjusted 0.954 (0.940-0.968) <.0001 0.922 (0.896-0.950) <.0001 0.994 (0.989-1.000) .06
 Multivariable adjusted 0.955 (0.934-0.975) <.0001 0.935 (0.899-0.972) <.001 0.995 (0.987-1.002) .17

Infection
 Unadjusted 0.992 (0.987-0.997) .002 0.978 (0.966-0.991) <.001 0.997 (0.994-1.000) .06
 Multivariable adjusted 0.992 (0.986-0.999) .03 0.984 (0.970-0.999) .03 0.998 (0.994-1.001 .19

Stroke
 Unadjusted 0.975 (0.963-0.988) <.001 0.946 (0.919-0.973) <.001 0.996 (0.989-1.002) .16
 Multivariable adjusted 0.974 (0.956-0.992) .006 0.953 (0.918-0.987) .01 0.996 (0.988-1.005) .39

Acute kidney injury
 Unadjusted 0.993 (0.990-0.997) <.001 0.993 (0.984-1.002) .12 1.000 (0.998-1.002) .97
 Multivariable adjusted 0.993 (0.988-0.998) .01 0.991 (0.980-1.002) .10 1.000 (0.997-1.002) .72

Stage 3 acute kidney injury
 Unadjusted 0.969 (0.959-0.980) <.0001 0.955 (0.935-0.976) <.0001 0.999 (0.994-1.005) .83
 Multivariable adjusted 0.966 (0.951-0.982) <.0001 0.967 90.941-0.995) .02 0.966 (0.951-0.982) <.0001

Intensive care unit stay > 72 hours
 Unadjusted 0.991 (0.988-0.994) <.0001 0.971 (0.963-0.979) <.0001 0.991 (0.988-0.994) <.0001
 Multivariable adjusted 0.986 (0.981-0.991) <.0001 0.972 (0.962-0.982) <.0001 0.986 (0.981-0.991) <.0001

Length of stay*
 Unadjusted 0.998 (0.997-0.998) <.0001 0.995 (0.993-0.998) <.0001 0.998 (0.997-0.998) <.0001
 Multivariable adjusted 0.998 (0.997-0.999) .001 0.997 (0.995-0.999) .01 0.998 (0.997-0.999) .001

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.

*

Length of stay was fitted to a negative binomial model.