Table 5.

Multivariable linear regression model for associations with hospital length of stay with language substituted for race/ethnicity.

Characteristic	Adjusted Beta	95 % CI	p-Value
Age	0.29	(−0.03, 0.61)	0.07
Language
English	ref	ref	ref
Asian	18.01	(−4.78, 40.80)	0.12
Other	11.78	(−59.51, 83.08)	0.75
Spanish	−17.53	(−42.42, 7.37)	0.17
Gender
Male	13.01	(4.49, 21.53)	<0.01
Female	ref	ref	ref
BMI
Normal	ref	ref	ref
Overweight	−15.3	(−25.44, −5.16)	<0.01
Obese	−13.15	(−23.81, −2.49)	0.02
Charlson Comorbidity Index
Score 0–3	ref	ref	ref
Score 4+	15.47	(6.25, 24.69)	<0.01
Surgical approach
Mediastinoscopy	−45.79	(−63.20, −28.39)	<0.01
Open	60.14	(47.66, 72.63)	<0.01
Robotic	−17.1	(−43.78, 9.58)	0.21
Video-Assisted	ref	ref	ref
Neighborhood deprivation index
Q1 (least deprived)	−14.69	(−28.74, −0.63)	0.04
Q2	−5.52	(−19.54, 8.49)	0.44
Q3	−0.18	(−14.65, 14.28)	0.98
Q4 (most deprived)	ref	ref	ref
Medicaid
Yes	7.19	(−15.08, 29.47)	0.53
No	ref	ref	ref
Facility region
Local	ref	ref	ref
North	−8.36	(−18.96, 2.25)	0.12
Northeast	35.28	(2.76, 67.80)	0.03
Southeast	37.64	(12.31, 62.98)	<0.01
South	68.34	(30.71, 105.96)	<0.01
West	−8.77	(−20.15, 2.61)	0.13