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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Heart Lung. 2021 May 30;50(5):579–586. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2021.02.011

Table 3.

Factors associated with ICU mortality: results from the multiple logistic regression models.

Parameter All (n = 10,628) Subgroup Analysis

Adjusted OR (95% CI) Surgical ICU patients (n = 4434) Adjusted OR (95% CI) Medical ICU patients (n = 6194) Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Arrival day and time
Monday-Friday 18:00–07:59 h 1.04 (0.853, 1.268) 0.924 (0.617, 1.385) 1.086 (0.864, 1.365)
Saturday-Sunday 08:00–17:59 h 1.329 (1.026, 1.723)* 1.191 (0.612, 2.318) 1.354 (1.019, 1.799)*
Saturday-Sunday 18:00–07:59 h 1.247 (0.963, 1.615) 1.365 (0.805, 2.314) 1.225 (0.908, 1.651)
Monday-Friday 08:00–17:59 h Reference
Age 1.012 (1.003, 1.02) 1.011 (0.99, 1.032) 1.014 (1.004, 1.024)
Sex
Female 0.94 (0.79, 1.118) 1.265 (0.886, 1.804) 0.846 (0.692, 1.035)
Male Reference
Race
Black 0.885 (0.703, 1.114) 1.224 (0.759, 1.974) 0.82 (0.63, 1.068)
Other § 1.211 (0.821, 1.785) 1.16 (0.5, 2.694) 1.24 (0.795, 1.936)
White Reference
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino 0.709 (0.396, 1.269) 1 (0.356, 2.808) 0.587 (0.288, 1.197)
Unknown 4.357 (3.123, 6.08) 6.448 (3.123, 13.314) 3.972 (2.712, 5.818)
Non-Hispanic or Latino Reference
Language
English 0.457 (0.313, 0.666) 0.436 (0.201, 0.946)* 0.472 (0.305, 0.73)*
Other Language Reference
Insurance
Medicaid 1.31 (0.804, 2.135) 2.031 (0.786, 5.25) 1.125 (0.623, 2.033)
Medicare 1.006 (0.818, 1.239) 1.163 (0.758, 1.785) 1 (0.787, 1.271)
Commercial Reference
Admission Type
Elective 0.73 (0.5, 1.064) 0.65 (0.403, 1.049) 1.176 (0.617, 2.242)
Traumaǁ 1.181 (0.439, 3.179) 1.897 (0.411, 8.768) 0.694 (0.158, 3.047)
Urgent# 0.752 (0.536, 1.056) 0.608 (0.319, 1.158) 0.832 (0.553, 1.25)
Emergency Reference
Previous Unit Location
Catheterization Lab 0.569 (0.408, 0.793) 0.513 (0.361, 0.729)
Operating room 0.27 (0.179, 0.407) 0.338 (0.198, 0.575)
Other** 0.337 (0.044, 2.563) 0.001 (0.001, 999.999) 1.234 (0.159, 9.597)
Other ICU†† 4.619 (3.182, 6.707) 11.301 (5.432, 23.512) 3.056 (1.91, 4.89)
Pre-admission‡‡ 1.026 (0.663, 1.588) 1.1 (0.435, 2.786) 0.993 (0.6, 1.644)
Step Down/Floor 1.225 (0.968, 1.55) 0.804 (0.388, 1.667) 1.284 (0.997, 1.653)
Emergency Reference
CICU Admitting Service
Medicine 0.703 (0.535, 0.923)
Surgery Reference
Comorbid medical conditions§§
Cerebrovascular Disease 1.327 (1.094, 1.61) 1.689 (1.122, 2.543)* 1.257 (1.005, 1.572)*
Heart Failure 1.375 (1.134, 1.667) 2.072 (1.389, 3.092) 1.221 (0.975, 1.528)
Chronic Lung Conditions 1.099 (0.913, 1.324) 1.293 (0.868, 1.926) 1.059 (0.855, 1.313)
Liver Disease 2.635 (1.698, 4.088) 12.427 (4.989, 30.952) 1.945 (1.173, 3.225)
Diabetes 0.994 (0.827, 1.194) 1.051 (0.708, 1.56) 1.013 (0.82, 1.252)
Renal Failure 1.395 (1.128, 1.724) 1.882 (1.149, 3.082)* 1.354 (1.064, 1.721)*
Myocardial Infarction 0.84 (0.703, 1.004) 1.01 (0.68, 1.502) 0.811 (0.66, 0.995)*
Charlson-Deyo Comorbidity Score 1.051 (1.009, 1.095)* 0.925 (0.814, 1.05) 1.071 (1.025, 1.119)
Admission year 1.015 (0.956, 1.077) 0.951 (0.84, 1.077) 1.038 (0.969, 1.112)
Intensivist Model 0.869 (0.646, 1.168) 0.839 (0.456, 1.541) 0.894 (0.634, 1.261)
*

P<0.05.

Age is centered to mean.

P <0.01.

§

Other racial groupings included Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, other, unavailable, or declined.

ǁ

Trauma admissions were cleared by the trauma service before admission to their respective services.

#

Urgent admissions represented unscheduled emergent admissions that did not originate in the emergency department; for example, scheduled elective surgery with complications, pre-admissions from home or a doctor’s office, or transfers from other facilities.

**

Other previous unit locations included primarily gastroenterology endoscopy and obstetric triage units.

††

Other ICUs included medical, neurological, and surgical at our facility or as transfers from other institutions’ ICUs.

‡‡

Pre-admissions included direct admissions.

§§

The reference level for comorbid conditions is the absence of the specific comorbid condition.