. 2018 Apr 2;19:75. doi: 10.1186/s12882-018-0870-0

Table 9.

Hospitalization rates in all studied patient cohorts

		Aligned			Not Aligned			Aligned versus not aligned
		Baseline	Follow-up	Change	Baseline	Follow-up	Change	Difference of changes from baseline to follow-up
Intention to Treat
All-Cause Hospitalization	Total Admission Length [days]	3.93+/−8.7	3.18+/−6.22	−0.75 (−2.4 to 0.89)	6.12+/−13.35	5.92+/−10.25	−0.2 (−2.79 to 2.4)	−0.56 (−3.28 to 2.16)
All-Cause Hospitalization	Hospitalization Rate [n/patient year]	1.92+/−3.15	1.66+/−2.62	−0.26 (−0.89 to 0.37)	2.3+/−3.5	2.58+/−3.68	0.28 (−0.5 to 1.06)	−0.54 (−1.38 to 0.3)
Fluid Overload-related Hospitalization	Total Admission Length [days]	0.36+/−2.19	0.05+/−0.44	−0.31 (−0.65 to 0.04)	0.32+/−1.32	0.87+/−3.07	0.55 (0.03 to 1.06)	−0.85 (−1.47 to −0.23)
Fluid Overload-related Hospitalization	Hospitalization Rate [n/patient year]	0.17+/−0.78	0.04+/−0.34	−0.13 (−0.26 to 0)	0.19+/−0.73	0.45+/−1.44	0.26 (0.01 to 0.51)	−0.39 (−0.67 to −0.12)
As Treated
All-Cause Hospitalization	Total Admission Length [days]	3.18+/−8.02	3.21+/−6.74	0.03 (−1.73 to 1.79)	5.23+/−12.92	5.56+/−9.31	0.34 (−2.34 to 3.02)	−0.31 (−3.03 to 2.42)
All-Cause Hospitalization	Hospitalization Rate [n/patient year]	1.62+/−3.11	1.78+/−2.75	0.16 (−0.54 to 0.85)	1.87+/−3.03	2.67+/−4	0.8 (−0.04 to 1.64)	−0.64 (−1.51 to 0.22)
Fluid Overload-related Hospitalization	Total Admission Length [days]	0.33+/−2.34	0.2+/−1.07	−0.12 (−0.56 to 0.31)	0.83+/−4.07	1.31+/−4.85	0.48 (−0.58 to 1.55)	−0.61 (−1.75 to 0.53)
Fluid Overload-related Hospitalization	Hospitalization Rate [n/patient year]	0.11+/−0.68	0.18+/−0.96	0.07 (−0.13 to 0.26)	0.4+/−1.21	0.6+/−1.84	0.2 (−0.17 to 0.57)	−0.13 (−0.53 to 0.27)