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Table 4 Adjusteda odds ratio for mortality in ICU for women compared to men in diagnosis subgroups

From: Association of gender with outcomes in critically ill patients

Diagnosis Subgroups

Adjusted Mortality

95% Confidence Interval

P-value

Acute Coronary Syndrome

1.25

0.98 to 1.59

0.07

CABG Surgery

1.80

1.28 to 2.54

0.0004

Sepsis

1.07

0.99 to 1.16

0.08

Trauma

0.89

0.76 to .04

0.14

COPD exacerbation

0.68

0.53 to 0.87

0.002

  1. aAdjusted for acute physiology score (APS), age, ethnicity, pre-ICU length of stay, pre-ICU location and hospital teaching status. Ethnicity includes African-American, Hispanic and Caucasian while other races were excluded because of the low percentage. CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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