Table 4.
Results Adjusted for CHF and Dementia
| LOS | # admission | # ER admission | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Controls | Cases | Controls | Cases | Controls | Cases |
| N_USED | 108 | 54 | 108 | 54 | 108 | 54 |
| MEDIAN | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MEAN | 6.59 | 1.46 | 1.36 | 0.35 | 0.23 | 0.11 |
| SD | 4.86 | 2.93 | 0.85 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.32 |
| MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MAX | 31 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2-sample t-test | p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | p=0.1200 | |||
| Result from generalized linear model after adjusting CHF and dementia | ||||||
| LS mean | 6.62 | 1.03 | 1.33 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.12 |
| Type III SS | p-value | p-value | p-value | |||
| Cases vs control | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.1889 | |||
| CHF | 0.8744 | 0.8210 | 0.0659 | |||
| Dementia degree | 0.1262 | 0.0502 | 0.4863 | |||
LOS, length of stay; ER, emergency room; SD, standard deviation; LS mean, least squares mean; Type III SS, sum of squares; CHF, congestive heart failure.