Table 4 Independent Variables associated with receipt of angiography after excluding for in-hospital mortality.

From: Temporal trends and inequalities in coronary angiography utilization in the management of non-ST-Elevation acute coronary syndromes in the U.S.

Predictors

Odds Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

P Value

Age

0.96

0.960–0.961

<0.001

Weekend admission

0.92

0.91–93

<0.001

Female

0.91

0.90–0.92

<0.001

AIDS

0.79

0.67–0.93

<0.001

Alcohol abuse

0.88

0.85–0.91

<0.001

Deficiency anaemias

0.82

0.81–0.83

<0.001

Chronic Blood loss anaemia

0.72

0.68–0.76

<0.001

Congestive heart failure

0.53

0.49–0.57

<0.001

Chronic pulmonary disease

0.85

0.84–0.86

<0.001

Coagulopathy

1.12

1.08–1.15

<0.001

Depression

0.86

0.84–0.86

0.009

Diabetes

0.88

0.87–0.89

<0.001

Diabetes with complications

0.85

0.83–0.87

<0.001

Drug abuse

0.66

0.63–0.68

<0.001

Hypertension

1.02

1.00–1.03

0.001

Hypothyroidism

0.92

0.91–0.94

<0.001

Liver disease

0.76

0.72–0.80

<0.001

Fluid and electrolyte disturbances

0.85

0.83–0.86

<0.001

Other neurological disorders

0.79

0.76–0.81

<0.001

Obesity

1.09

1.07–1.11

<0.001

Paralysis

0.61

0.58–0.64

<0.001

Psychoses

0.67

0.64–0.70

<0.001

Renal failure (chronic)

0.66

0.65–0.67

<0.001

Weight loss

0.80

0.77–0.83

<0.001

Solid tumour without Mets

0.67

0.64–0.70

<0.001

Metastatic cancer

0.33

0.31–0.0.35

<0.001

Dementia

0.32

0.31–0.33

<0.001

Dyslipidaemia

1.39

1.37–1.40

<0.001

Smoking

1.17

1.16–1.19

<0.001

Previous AMI

0.65

0.64–0.67

<0.001

History of IHD

6.21

6.13–6.29

<0.001

Previous PCI

0.84

0.83–0.86

<0.001

Previous CABG

0.35

0.35–0.36

<0.001

Previous CVA

0.82

0.79–0.84

<0.001

Family history of CAD

1.30

1.27–1.34

<0.001

Peripheral vascular disease

1.12

1.10–1.14

<0.001

Shock

2.16

2.06–2.26

<0.001

Hospital bed size(Ref small)

Medium

1.56

1.52–1.59

<0.001

Large

3.05

2.99–3.11

<0.001

Location/Teaching status (Ref Rural)

Urban-non teaching

2.58

2.53–2.63

<0.001

Urban- teaching

5.51

5.39–5.62

<0.001

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