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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Burn Care Res. 2011 Mar–Apr;32(2):256–262. doi: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31820aaf68

Table 3.

Multivariate linear regression model for ventilator-free days (p≤0.05).

Ventilator-free days* β (SE) CI p-value
Age (years) −0.17 (0.02) −0.22–−0.13 <0.05
Gender 0.16 (0.98) −1.76–2.10 0.87
ISS −0.25 (0.06) −0.37–−0.14 <0.05
TBSA (%) −0.18 (0.04) −0.26–−0.10 <0.05
TBSA>20% (%) 0.72 (1.31) −1.86–3.29 0.58
Full thickness/3rd degree burns (%) −0.90 (0.85) −2.56–0.77 0.29
Admission glucose (mg/dL) −0.05 (0.01) −0.07–−0.04 <0.05
Mean glucose (mg/dL) 0.09 (0.03) 0.04–0.14 <0.05
Glucose variability (%) 0.06 (0.05) −0.02–0.15 0.15
Hypoglycemic measurements (%) −0.03 (0.06) −0.14–0.09 0.65
Measurements out-of-range (%) −0.00 (0.02) −0.05–0.04 0.90
Diabetes diagnosis (yes or no) −0.04 (1.27) −2.43–2.50 0.98

β= beta coefficient; SE=standard error; CI=95% confidence interval for β coefficient