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Table 3 Multivariable adjusted odds ratios for predictors of infection among STEMI Patients (n = 11, 879)*, at acute care hospitals in Florida, 2006.

From: Prevalence of major infections and adverse outcomes among hospitalized. ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients in Florida, 2006

 

All Infections

n = 1, 969

Odds-Ratio (95% CI)

Blood Stream Infection3

n = 310

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Pneumonia

n = 550

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Surgical Site Infection

n = 491

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Urinary Tract Infection

n = 708

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Patient Characteristics

     

Age

     

Each 5 year increase

1.11 (1.00 - 1.14) ‡‡

1.06 (0.95 - 1.17)

1.21 (0.14 - 1.28)

0.99 (0.94 - 1.04)

1.27 (1.21 - 1.33)**

Sex

     

Female

1.29 (1.15 - 1.44)**

0.71 (0.43 - 1.21)

0.83 (0.64 - 1.06)

0.80 (0.62 - 1.04)

2.46 (1.99 - 3.03)**

Race/Ethnicity

     

Black race

1.23 (1.00 - 1.51) ‡‡

1.27 (0.54 - 2.97)

1.19 (0.75 - 1.90)

1.44 (0.98 - 2.11)

1.01 (0.67 - 1.52)

Hispanic ethnicity

1.05 (0.88 - 1.25)

1.92 (0.99 - 3.73)

0.98 (0.65 - 1.47)

0.84 (0.57 - 1.22)

1.02 (0.70 - 1.42)

Income by Proxy

     

Low income (Medicaid, self-pay, uninsured)

1.14 (0.97 - 1.34)

1.36 (0.69 - 2.71)

1.07 (0.73 - 1.58)

1.30 (0.97 - 1.73)

1.13 (0.78 - 1.64)

Patient Risk Factors

     

Cigarette smoking

0.76 (0.66 - 0.87) ††

0.62 (0.32 - 1.22)

1.16 (0.86 - 1.56)

0.70 (0.53 - 0.91) ††

0.66 (0.48 - 0.82) ‡‡

Alcohol abuse

1.73 (1.30 - 2.31) ††

0.94 (0.20 - 4.44)

2.31 (1.33 - .01) ††

1.67 (0.96 - 2.90)

0.93 (0.37 - 2.36)

Drug abuse

1.55 (1.09 - 2.20) ‡‡

1.80 (0.37 - 8.80)

0.64 (0.22 - 1.84)

1.02 (0.52 - 2.00)

1.38 (0.48 - 3.84)

Patient Co-Morbidities

     

Chronic bronchitis

2.39 (1.84 - 3.09)**

2.56 (0.87 - 7.52)

4.30 (2.82 - .56)**

1.17 (0.54 - 2.53)

1.47 (0.85 - 2.53)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

2.03 (1.79 - 2.30)**

1.80 (1.03 - 3.14) ‡‡

2.28 (1.75 - .96)**

1.22 (0.90 - 1.65)

1.57 (1.24 - 2.00) ††

Diabetes

1.33 (1.19 - 1.49)**

0.94 (0.56 - 1.58)

1.10 (0.85 - 1.42)

1.24 (0.98 - 1.58)

1.59 (1.30 - 1.96)**

Chronic Kidney Diseases§

1.47 (1.26 - 1.72)**

1.72 (0.92 - 3.23)

1.43 (1.04 - .98) ‡‡

0.85 (0.54 - 1.32)

1.64 (1.26 - 2.14) ††

Cardiomyopathy

1.50 (1.25 - 1.80)**

1.55 (0.75 - 3.22)

1.20 (0.80 - 1.81)

1.24 (0.81 - 1.91)

1.26 (0.89 - 1.71)

Valve disorders

1.17 (1.01 - 1.37) ‡‡

2.22 (1.26 - 3.92) ††

1.22 (0.88 - 1.68)

0.94 (0.64 - 1.39)

0.91 (0.69 - 1.22)

Patient Procedures

     

Cardiac catheterization

1.10 (0.93 - 1.30)

0.51 (0.25 - 1.04)

0.79 (0.55 - 1.15)

2.89 (1.98 - 4.22)**

1.07 (0.77 - 1.47)

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

0.81 (0.69 - 0.95) ††

1.05 (0.53 - 2.08)

0.85 (0.59 - 1.21)

0.63 (0.46 - 0.88) ††

0.85 (0.63 - 1.16)

Cardiac surgical procedures

1.53 (1.28 - 1.84)**

1.42 (0.65 - 3.14)

1.54 (1.02 - .33)#

0.66 (0.43 - 1.01)

1.83 (1.28 - 2.62) ††

Indwelling arterial or venous catheter

3.90 (3.29 - 4.63)**

6.99 (3.93 - 12.41)**

3.93 (2.79 - .55)**

1.98 (1.30 - 3.03) ††

1.69 (1.17 - 2.43) ††

Pacemaker| |

1.02 (0.74 - 1.40)

0.63 (0.14 - 2.80)

1.41 (0.76 - 2.58)

1.43 (0.79 - 2.57)

0.61 (0.30 - 1.23)

Dialysis

3.40 (2.40 - 4.82)**

6.97 (2.81 - 17.26)**

3.55 (1.76 - .09) ††

2.61 (1.10 - .17) ‡‡

2.24 (1.19 - 4.19) ‡‡

Blood Transfusion

1.64 (1.37 - 1.96)**

2.10 (1.07 - 4.11) ‡‡

0.90 (0.58 - 1.40)

1.62 (1.08 - .45) ‡‡

1.94 (1.43 - 2.64)**

  1. *Excludes patients who were transferred to another hospital.
  2. ** p < .0001; †† p < .01; ‡‡ p < .05; §§ p = .0001
  3. †All models compared to non-infected STEMI patients and are adjusted for all other variables in the table.
  4. ‡Patients can appear in more than one infection category.
  5. §Includes hypertensive chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease (ESRD), unspecified chronic kidney disease and unspecified chronic renal failure.
  6. | |Includes temporary/permanent pacemakers and implantable defibrillators.