Withholding of life-sustaining treatments^ | OR (95% CI) | P value |
---|---|---|
Age | 1.020 (1.014–1.026) |  < 0.001 |
Race | Â | 0.031 |
 Chinese | Reference |  |
 Malay | 0.652 (0.460–0.924) | 0.016 |
 Indian | 0.663 (0.450–0.976) | 0.037 |
 Others | 0.674 (0.475–0.957) | 0.027 |
Religion | Â | 0.047 |
 No religion | Reference |  |
 Buddhism | 0.901 (0.739–1.099) | 0.305 |
 Christianity | 1.156 (0.897–1.490) | 0.262 |
 Hinduism | 1.628 (1.003–2.6430 | 0.049 |
 Islam | 1.588 (1.123–2.246) | 0.009 |
 Sikhism | 1.349 (0.471–3.865) | 0.578 |
 Taoism | 0.803 (0.538–1.198) | 0.283 |
 Others | 0.762 (0.338–1.716) | 0.511 |
Chronic kidney dialysis | 0.728 (0.577–0.919) | 0.008 |
Malignancy | 1.435 (1.095–1.879) | 0.009 |
Chronic liver failure | 1.437 (1.044–1.979) | 0.026 |
Activities of daily living |  |  < 0.001 |
 Independent | Reference |  |
 Partially dependent | 1.300 (1.058–1.597) | 0.012 |
 Totally dependent | 1.899 (1.408–2.560) |  < 0.001 |
CPR 24 h before ICU admission | 2.360 (1.916–2.907) |  < 0.001 |
APACHE II score | 1.114 (1.103–1.124) |  < 0.001 |
Care in first 24 h of ICU admission | Â | 0.018 |
 Level 3 | Reference |  |
 Level 2 | 0.746 (0.588–0.945) | 0.015 |
 Level 1 and Level 0 | 0.803 (0.633–1.020) | 0.072 |
Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments^ | OR (95% CI) | P value |
Age | 1.015 (1.008–1.023) |  < 0.001 |
Chronic kidney dialysis | 0.607 (0.427–0.865) | 0.006 |
Activities of daily living | Â | 0.044 |
 Independent | Reference |  |
 Partially dependent | 1.366 (1.027–1.816) | 0.032 |
 Totally dependent | 1.410 (0.908–2.190) | 0.126 |
CPR 24 h before ICU admission | 5.409 (4.216–6.940) |  < 0.001 |
APACHE II score | 1.088 (1.074–1.102) |  < 0.001 |
Hospital paying class | Â | 0.045 |
 B2 and C | Reference |  |
 A and B1 | 0.665 (0.447–0.990) | 0.045 |
Care in first 24 h of ICU admission |  |  < 0.001 |
 Level 3 | Reference |  |
 Level 2 | 0.087 (0.040–0.185) |  < 0.001 |
 Level 1 and Level 0 | 0.673 (0.488–0.926) | 0.015 |