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. 2019 Nov 14;9(11):e032347. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032347

Table 3.

Results of quadratic regression analyses

Dependent variable: Length of hospital stay
Model summary Parameter estimates
R2 F df1 df2 Model p value Constant Linear coefficient
(p value)
Quadratic coefficient
(p value)
Alive within 30 days 0.06 23.67 2 726 <0.001 1.12 5.10 (p=0.01) −0.41 (p=0.27)
Died within 30 days 0.14 8.58 2 106 <0.001 26.13 −11.45 (p=0.001) 1.65 (p=0.01)

The independent variable is Waterlow score categories (4–9,10–14,15–19, 20–24, 25+).