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The effect of race on coronary bypass operative mortality

Charles R. Bridges, MD, ScD, FACC^*, Fred H. Edwards, MD, FACC, Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH, FACC and Laura P. Coombs, PhD

^* Department of Surgery, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Department of Surgery, University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Race by risk interaction. Observed operative mortality is shown for black and white patients as a function of the preoperative risk group.

View larger version (11K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Comparison of the black:white operative mortality OR for different preoperative risk groups.