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Table 5 Analysis of associations between outcomes and frailty stratified by age and CCI

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

aOR

95% CI

Age < 65 (n = 29,637)a

 In-hospital death

15.424

2.005–118.670

3.835

0.356–41.250

 Prolonged LOS

8.340

5.384–12.920

4.738

2.987–7.516

 Surgical complications

3.650

2.604–5.116

2.636

1.824–3.807

 Medical complications

19.339

13.904–26.898

7.735

5.205–11.495

Age > =65 (n = 8565)a

 In-hospital death

14.534

7.130–29.628

4.099

1.736–9.679

 Prolonged LOS

10.834

6.445–18.213

6.164

3.514–10.812

 Surgical complications

5.993

4.344–8.268

3.736

2.620–5.328

 Medical complications

10.037

7.151–14.086

5.970

4.088–8.720

CCI < 3 (n = 36,843)b

 In-hospital death

24.970

11.097–56.185

3.672

1.357–9.934

 Prolonged LOS

9.041

6.403–12.767

5.207

3.599–7.533

 Surgical complications

5.281

4.124–6.763

3.327

2.530–4.375

 Medical complications

18.023

14.055–23.111

7.702

5.752–10.314

CCI > =3 (n = 1359)b

 In-hospital death

10.585

3.274–34.226

4.106

0.781–21.593

 Prolonged LOS

15.300

3.696–63.339

10.952

2.579–46.507

 Surgical complications

2.837

1.538–5.233

2.859

1.461–5.593

 Medical complications

5.587

2.805–11.130

5.297

2.363–11.870

  1. The significance value is shown in bold
  2. CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index
  3. a Multivariate analysis was adjusted for gender, race, household income, insurance status/primary payer, admission type, procedure type, required cervical LN dissection, metastasis to the lung, metastasis to the bong, smoking, overweight and obesity, CCI and hospital characteristics
  4. b 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 and hospital characteristics
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Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

ISSN: 1916-0216

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