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Table 4 Associations between outcomes and frailty

From: Impact of frailty on inpatient outcomes in thyroid cancer surgery: 10-year results from the U.S. national inpatient sample

 

Frailty

OR

95% CI

aORa

95% CI

In-hospital death

26.993

13.958–52.203

3.839

1.738–8.480

Prolonged LOS

9.986

7.156–13.936

5.420

3.799–7.733

Surgical complications

5.027

3.999–6.319

3.144

2.443–4.045

Medical complications

17.363

13.790–21.863

6.734

5.099–8.893

  1. The significance value is shown in bold
  2. a Multivariate analysis was adjusted for age, gender, race, household income, insurance status/primary payer, admission type, procedure type, required cervical LN dissection, metastasis to the lungs, metastasis to the bone, smoking, overweight and obesity, CCI and hospital characteristics