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Table 3 Logistic regression modeling of factors associated with in-hospital death

From: Mortality associated with timing of admission to and discharge from ICU: a retrospective cohort study

Factor

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)

P-value

Diagnosis renal/toxic/metabolic vs. other

0.30 (0.23-0.38)

<0.001

DFLST order

5.52 (4.28-7.12)

<0.001

SAPS II (per point)

1.07 (1.06-1.07)

<0.001

Male gender

1.31 (1.14-1.50)

<0.001

Pre-ICU hospital stay (per day)

1.01 (1.00-1.02)

0.001

Admission day

  

Monday

1 (reference)

-

Tuesday

0.89 (0.69-1.13)

0.337

Wednesday

1.04 (0.81-1.34)

0.737

Thursday

0.99 (0.77-1.27)

0.943

Friday

1.25 (0.98-1.60)

0.078

Saturday

1.07 (0.82-1.38)

0.626

Sunday

1.06 (0.81-1.39)

0.662

Night time admission

0.94 (0.82-1.07)

0.344

  1. The model (n = 7380) had good discrimination (area under receiver operator characteristic curve 0.8543) and calibration (goodness of fit p = 0.411). Decision to forego life sustaining therapy (DFLST)