Table 6.

Predictors of the length of hospitalization at the first admission.

Characteristics	B	SE	β estimate	p	95.0% CI for β
Constant	16.046	3.917		0.000	8.346, 23.746
Age	−0.065	0.053	−0.063	0.219	−0.169, 0.039
Men	0.460	1.319	0.018	0.727	−2.133, 3.052
No insurance	−1.838	1.465	−0.060	0.210	−4.717, 1.042
Alcoholic liver disease	−2.577	1.374	−0.099	0.061	−5.279, 0.124
Hepatocellular carcinoma	0.467	1.919	0.012	0.808	−3.305, 4.239
Ascites	1.741	1.168	0.073	0.137	−0.555 ± 4.038
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis	4.264	2.765	0.076	0.124	−1.172, 9.699
Variceal bleeding	4.402	1.593	0.135	0.006	1.269, 7.534
Chronic kidney disease	4.973	1.658	0.149	0.003	1.713, 8.232
Diabetes	−0.422	1.242	−0.016	0.734	−2.864, 2.019
Hypertension	1.789	1.272	0.070	0.160	−0.711, 4.289
Ammonia at discharge	0.020	0.017	0.056	0.249	−0.014, 0.053
MELD score at discharge	0.204	0.090	0.111	0.024	0.026, 0.381
N/L at discharge	0.064	0.102	0.031	0.530	−0.136, 0.264

MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio.