Table 3.
LOS in Hospital and Nursing Home or Rehabilitation Facility by BMI Group
| BMI group |
Significant P valuesa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underweight (1) | Non-obese (2) | Obese (3) | ||
| Hospital LOS (days) | (2) vs. (3) | |||
| n | 30 | 891 | 260 | |
| Median (25th, 75th) | 5 (3, 12) | 5 (3, 10) | 6 (3, 14) | |
| Mean (SD) | 11 (16) | 10 (14) | 12 (17) | |
| Nursing home/rehabilitation center LOS (days) |
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| n | 19 | 398 | 132 | |
| Median (25th, 75th) | 28 (14, 60) | 20 (12, 36) | 22 (12, 42) | |
| Mean (SD) | 39 (29) | 32 (35) | 34 (33) | |
BMI body mass index, IQR quartile 1, quartile 3, LOS length of stay, SD standard deviation
a
Significant pairwise comparisons with P < 0.017 for both unadjusted and adjustedb means
b
Controlled for different comorbidities for each model. Hospital = hypertension, heart disease, cholesterol, asthma, emphysema, osteoarthritis and diabetes. Nursing home/rehab = heart disease, cholesterol, emphysema and osteoarthritis. Controlled for eight fracture types in each adjusted model: wrist, spine, rib, hip, pelvis, ankle, upper and lower leg