Table 3 |
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Coefficients, Standard Errors (SE), SE/Coefficient ratios estimated by the single-level and the multilevel logistic model |
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Single-level logistic model |
Multilevel logistic model |
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Patient Risk Factors |
Coefficients |
SE |
SE/Coeff. |
Coefficients |
SE |
SE/Coeff. |
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Age |
-0.04 |
0.05 |
-1.25 |
-0.05 |
0.04 |
-0.80 |
|
Age2 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
- |
|
Gender (fem) |
0.26 |
0.11 |
0.42 |
0.23 |
0.11 |
0.48 |
|
Shock |
1.24 |
0.58 |
0.47 |
1.39 |
0.71 |
0.51 |
|
Diabetes |
0.30 |
0.10 |
0.33 |
0.28 |
0.10 |
0.36 |
|
Dialysis |
1.23 |
0.64 |
0.52 |
1.19 |
0.63 |
0.53 |
|
Pulmonary hypertension |
0.82 |
0.77 |
0.94 |
0.64 |
0.65 |
1.02 |
|
Malignant ventricular arrhythmia |
0.38 |
0.28 |
0.74 |
0.37 |
0.29 |
0.78 |
|
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
0.42 |
0.15 |
0.36 |
0.41 |
0.15 |
0.37 |
|
Serum creatinine>2 mg/dl |
0.73 |
0.26 |
0.36 |
0.87 |
0.30 |
0.34 |
|
Extra-cardiac arteriopathy |
0.54 |
0.13 |
0.24 |
0.64 |
0.15 |
0.23 |
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Unstable angina |
0.43 |
0.12 |
0.28 |
0.46 |
0.13 |
0.28 |
|
Previous CABG |
1.05 |
0.45 |
0.43 |
1.17 |
0.52 |
0.44 |
|
Emergency |
1.36 |
0.44 |
0.32 |
1.43 |
0.50 |
0.35 |
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Ejection fraction (vs ≥ 50) |
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30–49 |
0.59 |
0.14 |
0.24 |
0.60 |
0.15 |
0.25 |
|
<30 |
1.15 |
0.46 |
0.40 |
1.27 |
0.54 |
0.43 |
|
missing |
0.30 |
0.41 |
1.37 |
0.34 |
0.46 |
1.35 |
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D'Errigo et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2007 7:29 doi:10.1186/1471-2288-7-29 |
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