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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Surg. 2012 Jun;47(6):1105–1110. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.03.016

Table 3. Linear Regression Analysis: Independent Predictors of TPN Days, Ventilator Days, and Hospital Length of Stay. (A) Continuous Variables. (B) Categorical Variables.

Variable Outcome
TPN Days (per day) Ventilator Days (per day) Hospital Length of Stay (per day)
β (95% CI) p β (95% CI) p β (95% CI) p
Transport Time (per min) −0.02 (−0.07,0.02) 0.28 −0.002 (−0.008,0.008) 0.67 −0.04 (−0.01,0.02) 0.21
Stabilization Time (per min) −0.004 (−0.12,0.11) 0.94 0.01 (−0.02,0.03) 0.67 −0.01 (−0.1,0.1) 0.90
Closure Time (per hour) 0.24 (0.03,0.35) <0.0001 0.06 (0.03,0.08) <0.0001 0.33 (0.19,0.46) <0.0001
β: Strength of association in multivariate model. CI: Confidence Interval. p: p-value
Variable Outcome
TPN Days Ventilator Days Hospital Length of Stay
μ(95% CI) p μ(95% CI) p μ(95% CI) p
Prenatal GI Complication (Yes vs. No) 12.5 (−15.0, 40.0) 0.37 5.4 (−1.3, 12.1) 0.11 30.7 (−4.2, 65.6) 0.09
Postnatal GI Complication (Yes vs. No) 34.2 (12.6, 43.2) 0.003 0.5 (−4.6, 5.6) 0.84 37.3 (9.9, 64.7) 0.009
Amniotic Fluid Character (vs. Clear)
 Bloody 3.4 (−30.3, 33.7) 0.84 3.7 (−4.5, 11.7) 0.38 −0.23 (−43.2, 42.7) 0.99
 Meconium-Stained 12.3 (−4.8, 29.4) 0.16 1.1 (−3.0, 5.2) 0.60 13.5 (−8.5, 35.5) 0.23
Maternal Complications (Yes vs. No) −13.2 (-29.8, 3.3) 0.12 −0.14 (−4.1, 3.78) 0.94 −7.9 (−29.1, 13.3) 0.47

μ: Mean difference within each category in multivariate model. CI: Confidence Interval. p: p-value