Table 4.

Clinical factors associated with length of hospital stay

	Univariable analysis		Multivariable analysis
	Exponentiated Coefficient with 95% CI	P value	Exponentiated coefficient with 95% CI	P value
Gestational age	0.87 [0.81, 0.93]	< 0.0001	1.41 [0.59,3.36]	0.433
Birth weight	0.9995 [0.9993, 0.9997]	< 0.0001	0.998 [0.994, 1.001]	0.298
Birth weight z score	0.94 [0.82, 1.09]	0.424	2.26 [0.43, 11.94]	0.335
Female sex	1.09 [0.85, 1.39]	0.508	0.88 [0.55, 1.43]	0.613
Complex gastroschisis	1.78 [1.22, 2.61]	0.003	1.69 [1.10, 2.60]	0.017
Use of mesh patch to close abdominal defect	1.34 [1.02, 1.75]	0.033	1.09 [0.85, 1.40]	0.491
Preoperative ventilation	1.29 [1.01,1.66]	0.043	1.05 [0.84, 1.30]	0.694
Days taken to commence feeds after abdominal wall closure	1.07 [0.99, 1.14]	0.058	1.02 [0.97, 1.08]	0.395
More than five days in silo prior to closing	1.64 [1.29, 2.10]	< 0.0001	1.41 [1.11, 1.785]	0.005

p value of less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant

CI Confidence interval