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J Epidemiol Community Health 63:203-208 doi:10.1136/jech.2008.077537
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Sex differences in use of interventional cardiology persist after risk adjustment

Table 4 Models of the relationship between probability of intervention and gender adjusted for possible confounders
Year Pathology Starting model OR (95% CI) p Value Final model OR (95% CI) p Value
1999–2002 All diagnoses 2.11 (2.04 to 2.19) <0.001
Myocardial infarction hrtfail+diab+clsage 1.33 (1.24 to 1.43) <0.001 hrtfail+diab+clsage 1.33 (1.24 to 1.43) <0.001
Angina 1.61 (1.48 to 1.75) <0.001 1.61 (1.48 to 1.75) <0.001
Chronic ischaemia 1.48 (1.39 to 1.58) <0.001 1.48 (1.39 to 1.58) <0.001
Chest pain 4.30 (1.65 to 11.23) 0.003 3.95 (1.52 to 10.24) 0.002
2000 and 2002 All diagnoses 2.18 (2.06 to 2.29) <0.001
Myocardial infarction hrtfail+diab+clsage+sevill 1.43 (1.30 to 1.58) <0.001 clsage+sevill 1.43 (1.30 to 1.58) <0.001
hrtfail+diab+clsage+riskmort 1.44 (1.31 to 1.59) <0.001 clsage+riskmort 1.45 (1.31 to 1.59) <0.001
Angina hrtfail+diab+clsage+sevill 1.55 (1.38 to 1.12) <0.001 clsage+sevill+hrtfail 1.56 (1.39 to 1.75) <0.001
hrtfail+diab+clsage+riskmort 1.61 (1.44 to 1.80) <0.001 hrtfail+diab+clsage+riskmort 1.61 (1.44 to 1.80) <0.001
Chronic ischaemia hrtfail+diab+clsage+sevill 1.53 (1.39 to 1.69) <0.001 clsage+hrtfail+sevill 1.54 (1.40 to 1.69) <0.001
hrtfail+diab+clsage+riskmort 1.52 (1.38 to 1.67) <0.001 clsage+hrtfail+riskmort 1.53 (1.39 to 1.68) <0.001
Chest pain hrtfail+diab+clsage+sevill 3.69 (1.24 to 10.69) 0.019 3.52 (1.20 to 10.30) 0.022
hrtfail+diab+clsage+riskmort 3.88 (1.31 to 14.47) 0.014 3.52 (1.20 to 10.30) 0.022
  • hrtfail, congestive heart failure; diab, diabetes mellitus; clsage: age group; sevill, severity of illness; riskmort, risk of mortality.

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