Table 4 Association between income and outcomes after elective cardiovascular surgery
Cardiovascular complicationsNon-cardiovascular complications
Area-based income index (quintiles)Area-based income index (quintiles)
I highIIIIIIVV lowp TrendI highIIIIIIVV lowp Trend
Coronary artery bypass grafting
%5.24.75.45.26.45.86.65.75.15.7
OR1 (95% CI)1.000.91 (0.71 to 1.47)1.02 (0.67 to 1.38)0.96 (0.85 to 1.72)1.21 (0.96 to 1.69)0.2491.001.14 (0.81 to 1.61)0.99 (0.70 to 1.41)0.90 (0.63 to 1.28)1.02 (0.72 to 1.44)0.594
OR2 (95% CI)1.000.87 (0.62 to 1.23)0.93 (0.67 to 1.30)0.89 (0.64 to 1.24)1.08 (0.79 to 1.49)0.5431.001.11 (0.81 to 1.53)0.97 (0.70 to 1.33)0.88 (0.63 to 1.22)0.99 (0.71 to 1.36)0.455
Valve replacement
%6.16.65.76.49.07.18.06.78.38.2
OR* (95% CI)1.001.11 (0.64 to 1.91)0.93 (0.54 to 1.59)1.02 (0.60 to 1.72)1.54 (0.94 to 2.53)0.1141.001.10 (0.63 to 1.91)0.93 (0.54 to 1.61)1.19 (0.70 to 2.02)1.26 (0.73 to 2.16)0.352
OR† (95% CI)1.001.09 (0.63 to 1.88)0.88 (0.51 to 1.51)0.97 (0.57 to 1.65)1.47 (0.89 to 2.42)0.1901.001.03 (0.62 to 1.72)0.89 (0.54 to 1.47)1.13 (0.70 to 1.83)1.18 (0.72 to 1.92)0.421
Carotid endarterectomy
%5.15.26.25.85.62.42.12.02.12.3
OR* (95% CI)1.000.96 (0.58 to 1.59)1.23 (0.76 to 2.00)1.07 (0.66 to 1.72)1.00 (0.62 to 1.61)0.9241.000.87 (0.39 to 1.95)0.86 (0.39 to 1.89)0.84 (0.39 to 1.81)1.02 (0.49 to 2.14)0.928
OR† (95% CI)1.000.87 (0.56 to 1.36)1.09 (0.71 to 1.66)0.93 (0.61 to 1.42)0.88 (0.58 to 1.33)0.6341.000.98 (0.51 to 1.85)0.95 (0.50 to 1.79)0.93 (0.50 to 1.72)0.99 (0.54 to 1.82)0.956
Major vascular bypass
%16.310.312.115.812.623.610.320.714.713.4
OR* (95% CI)1.000.22 (0.03 to 1.39)0.36 (0.07 to 1.89)1.26 (0.25 to 6.29)0.79 (0.17 to 3.73)0.4261.000.37 (0.14 to 0.95)0.88 (0.43 to 1.79)0.61 (0.28 to 1.31)0.54 (0.25 to 1.19)0.325
OR† (95% CI)1.000.57 (0.28 to 1.14)0.59 (0.31 to 1.13)0.99 (0.52 to 1.89)0.84 (0.44 to 1.59)0.6131.000.36 (0.17 to 0.74)0.80 (0.45 to 1.43)0.56 (0.30 to 1.02)0.58 (0.33 to 1.01)0.275
Repair of unruptured abdominal aorta aneurysm
%4.35.84.96.07.010.69.19.712.19.0
OR* (95% CI)1.001.33 (0.75 to 2.35)1.10 (0.61 to 1.99)1.36 (0.77 to 2.39)1.56 (0.88 to 2.75)0.1591.000.83 (0.54 to 1.29)0.92 (0.60 to 1.42)1.07 (0.70 to 1.62)0.78 (0.49 to 1.22)0.674
OR† (95% CI)1.001.20 (0.65 to 2.22)1.01 (0.54 to 1.89)1.16 (0.63 to 2.12)1.38 (0.76 to 2.49)0.3681.000.78 (0.50 to 1.22)0.88 (0.57 to 1.36)0.96 (0.63 to 1.47)0.72 (0.44 to 1.15)0.415
  • *OR two-level logistic regression (hospital and subject). OR adjusted for city of residence, gender, age and comorbidities.

  • †OR single-level logistic regression. OR adjusted for city of residence, gender, age, comorbidities and hospital.