title: Gender differences in mortality rates for coronary artery bypass surgery.
abstract: This study utilized a state-wide data base containing clinical risk factors for cardiac surgery to investigate differences in in-hospital mortality rates for men and women undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. The crude mortality rates for coronary artery bypass surgery for men and women were 3.08% and 5.43% respectively, in New York State in 1989. When logistic regression analysis was used to control for preoperative risk, gender remained a significant predictor of mortality. Risk-adjusted (indirectly standardized) mortality rates were 3.33% and 4.45% for men and women, respectively. The risk-adjusted odds ratio of women to men experiencing in-hospital death was 1.52 (95% confidence interval 1.25 to 1.90).
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Hannan
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kilburn
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000401:mortality* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009518:New York; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D015996:Survival Rate