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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Feb 28;72(5):1384–1395. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18830

Table 2:

Marginal medians for hospital and ICU length of stay by prehospital opioid exposure

Mean Days (95% Confidence Interval)
Unadjusted No Opioids Any Opioids p 2 mme 4 mme 6 mme 8mme 10 mme p
 Hospital LOS 4.9 (4.8, 5.1) 4.9 (4.6, 5.1) 0.68 4.9 (4.8, 4.1) 4.9 (4.7, 5.1) 5.0 (4.7, 5.2) 5.0 (4.6, 5.3) 5.0 (4.6, 5.4) 0.73
 ICU LOS 3.2 (2.9, 3.4) 3.2 (2.7, 3.6) 0.94 3.2 (2.9, 3.5) 3.2 (2.8, 3.6) 3.2 (2.6, 3.8) 3.2 (2.4, 4.0) 3.2 (2.2, 4.2) 0.92
Adjusted
 Hospital LOS 5.1 (4.9, 5.3) 4.7 (4.5, 4.9) <0.01 4.9 (4.7, 5.1) 4.8 (4.6, 4.9) 4.7 (4.5, 4.9) 4.6 (4.3, 4.9) 4.6 (4.2, 4.9) 0.06
 ICU LOS 3.5 (3.1, 3.8) 2.8 (2.3, 3.4) 0.05 3.2 (2.8, 3.5) 2.9 (2.4, 3.5) 2.8 (2.0, 3.5) 2.6 (1.7, 3.5) 2.4 (1.3, 3.5) 0.17

Adjusted outcomes modeled using inverse probability of treatment weights based on age, sex, race, comorbidities, frailty, injury severity, presence of TBI, prehospital vital signs, scene time, and prehospital travel time.