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Table 3 Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals for decisions to limit LST

From: The role of clinical phenotypes in decisions to limit life-sustaining treatment for very old patients in the ICU

Phenotype

Withhold LST

Withdraw LST

OR

p value

OR

p value

A

0.17 (0.10–0.29)

 < 0.001

0.16 (0.053–0.43)

 < 0.001

B

0.45 (0.29–0.71)

 < 0.001

0.89 (0.46–1.8)

0.72

C

0.95 (0.58–1.5)

0.83

0.43 (0.16–1.1)

0.086

D

0.54 (0.35–0.83)

0.0049

1.1 (0.59–2.1)

0.76

E

0.42 (0.25–0.70)

 < 0.001

0.59 (0.25–1.3)

0.21

F

0.88 (0.52–1.5)

0.62

0.73 (0.30–1.7)

0.47

G

1 (reference)

 

1 (reference)