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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Oct 8;159(4):1626–1635.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.09.123

Table 5.

Multivariable logistic regression of independent predictors of delay to surgery beyond 100 days

95% Confidence Interval
Predictor Odds Ratio Lower Upper p-value
Age (per year) 0.97 0.95 0.99 0.005
Sex (female) 1.07 0.70 1.62 0.77
Race (reference: White)
Black 1.27 0.33 4.84 0.72
Year of diagnosis (per year) 0.99 0.93 1.05 0.72
CDCC score (reference: 0)
1 0.93 0.65 1.32 0.68
2+ 1.71 0.96 3.06 0.07
Insurance status (reference: private)
Government 2.27 1.55 3.32 <0.001
None 1.33 0.27 6.55 0.72
Facility location (reference: metro)
Urban 1.08 0.68 1.71 0.75
Rural 1.49 0.59 3.78 0.40
Median income (reference: <$38,000)
$38000-$47999 0.85 0.51 1.43 9.55
$48000-$62999 0.72 0.41 1.28 0.27
>$63000 0.71 0.37 1.37 0.31
Education (reference: >=21% not high school grads)
13%-20.9% 1.39 0.79 2.47 0.25
7%-12.9% 1.46 0.80 2.66 0.22
<7% 1.12 0.56 2.27 0.74
Facility type (reference: non-academic)
Academic/Research Program 1.02 0.65 1.62 0.92
Distance to treatment center (per mile) 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.15
Facility geography (reference: New England)
Middle Atlantic (nj,ny,pa) 0.77 0.38 1.55 0.47
South Atlantic (dc,de,fl,ga,md,nc,sc,va,wv) 0.72 0.36 1.45 0.36
East North Central (il,in,mi,oh,wi) 0.99 0.51 1.92 0.97
East South Central (al,ky,ms,tn) 0.52 0.20 1.34 0.18
West North Central (ia,ks,mn,mo,nd,ne,sd) 0.41 0.18 0.96 0.04
West South Central (ar,la,ok,tx) 0.77 0.30 1.99 0.59
Mountain (az,co,id,mt,nm,nv,ut,wy) 0.39 0.19 1.30 0.13
Pacific (ak,ca,hi,or,wa) 1.05 0.50 2.21 0.89
Center volume (reference: Q1 ≤1 a year)
Q2 (>1-3) 1.39 0.51 3.77 0.51
Q3 (>3-8) 2.04 0.77 5.37 0.15
Q4 (>8) 2.64 0.98 7.08 0.05
Center of diagnosis vs. treatment (reference: same)
Diagnosis and treatment at different centers 1.63 1.14 2.31 0.007
Tumor size (per mm) 0.98 0.97 1.00 0.009