Table 3

Unadjusted ORs for 30-day mortality for day of week and time of day of presentation*

Variable	Ischaemic stroke		Haemorrhagic stroke		AMI		Pneumonia		COPD		CHF
Variable	Unadjusted OR	P values	Unadjusted OR	P values	Unadjusted OR	P values	Unadjusted OR	P values	Unadjusted OR	P values	Unadjusted OR	P values
Day of week		0.006		0.271		0.879		0.092		0.003		0.813
Monday	Reference		Reference		Reference		Reference		Reference		Reference
Tuesday	1.14 (0.95 to 1.37)	0.152	0.97 (0.80 to 1.19)	0.789	1.00 (0.86 to 1.18)	0.964	0.90 (0.80 to 1.00)	0.052	1.07 (0.93 to 1.23)	0.332	0.99 (0.88 to 1.12)	0.927
Wednesday	1.20 (1.00 to 1.44)	0.051	1.07 (0.88 to 1.31)	0.493	1.02 (0.87 to 1.20)	0.787	1.01 (0.90 to 1.12)	0.916	1.07 (0.93 to 1.23)	0.354	1.05 (0.93 to 1.18)	0.462
Thursday	1.04 (0.86 to 1.25)	0.668	0.87 (0.71 to 1.07)	0.194	1.08 (0.92 to 1.27)	0.321	0.97 (0.87 to 1.08)	0.600	1.24 (1.08 to 1.42)	0.002	0.99 (0.88 to 1.13)	0.929
Friday	1.30 (1.09 to 1.56)	0.004	1.00 (0.82 to 1.23)	0.969	1.08 (0.92 to 1.26)	0.355	0.95 (0.85 to 1.06)	0.346	1.24 (1.08 to 1.42)	0.002	1.04 (0.92 to 1.17)	0.566
Saturday	1.28 (1.07 to 1.54)	0.008	1.12 (0.91 to 1.38)	0.288	0.99 (0.84 to 1.16)	0.887	1.07 (0.96 to 1.20)	0.211	1.18 (1.02 to 1.36)	0.023	1.09 (0.96 to 1.24)	0.195
Sunday	1.35 (1.12 to 1.61)	0.001	1.10 (0.90 to 1.36)	0.352	1.02 (0.86 to 1.20)	0.843	1.00 (0.89 to 1.12)	0.981	1.01 (0.88 to 1.17)	0.866	1.03 (0.90 to 1.17)	0.712
Time of day		0.001		<0.001		0.967		0.750		0.231		0.794
Day	Reference		Reference		Reference		Reference		Reference		Reference
Night	1.22 (1.10 to 1.35)		1.49 (1.33 to 1.67)		1.00 (0.92 to 1.09)		1.01 (0.95 to 1.07)		0.95 (0.88 to 1.03)		1.01 (0.94 to 1.08)

Hospital is included as a random effect.
*Day of hospital admission or associated preceding emergency department presentation.
AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CHF, congestive heart failure; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.