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Table 5. Relationship between the number of Elixhauser comorbidities and outcomes (n=55,957).

Characteristic	No. of Elixhauser comorbidities

	0	1	2	≥3
No. of patients	880	2,112	3,633	49,332
Median age, y (IQR)	44 (24–62)	57 (42–75)	65 (51–80)	76 (64–84)
In-hospital death, no. (%)	15 (1.7)	42 (2.0)	89 (2.4)	1,208 (2.4)
Median length of stay, d (IQR)	2 (1–3)	2 (1–3)	2 (2–4)	3 (2–5)
Median hospitalization cost, $ (IQR)	11,386 (6,199–19,381)	13,429 (7,792–22,712)	15,365 (9,121–26,203)	19,902 (11,808–34,382)