Table 3

- Factors affecting hospital stay

FactorsCoefficient (95% CI)P-value
Age0.001 (-0.03 - 0.004)0.69
Male0.11 (0.02 - -0.19)0.01
Body mass index0.004 (-0.001 - 0.008)0.10
Diabetes mellitus0.06 (-0.004 - 0.13)0.07
Hypertension-0.06 (-0.13 - 0.01)0.08
Cardiac disease0.12 (0.02 - 0.21)0.02
Renal disease0.23 (0.06 - 0.39)0.01
Rheumatoid arthritis0.02 (-0.12 - 0.16)0.77
Osteoporosis0.08 (-0.1 - 0.23)0.39

CI: confidence interval