Table 4.

Contributing factors to increasing medical costs.

	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	β	95% CI	P value	β	95% CI	P value
CRP (per 0.1 mg/dl increase)	0.004	0.003–0.006	< 0.001*	0.003	0.001–0.005	0.003*
Emergent initiation (vs. planned)	0.115	0.061–0.169	< 0.001*	0.080	0.021–0.139	0.008*
BP < 130 mmHg (vs. ≥ 130)	0.080	− 0.003–0.164	0.06	0.049	− 0.031–0.129	0.23
ALB (per 0.1 g/dl increase)	− 0.016	− 0.025 to − 0.007	< 0.001*	− 0.006	− 0.017–0.004	0.23
CVD (vs. without CVD)	0.031	− 0.026–0.087	0.29	− 0.017	− 0.075–0.041	0.56
Age ≥ 80 years old (vs. < 80)	0.027	− 0.050–0.103	0.49	− 0.020	− 0.095–0.055	0.60
Female (vs. male)	− 0.003	− 0.065–0.059	0.92	0.006	− 0.052–0.064	0.84
DM (vs. without DM)	− 0.009	− 0.068–0.050	0.76	0.006	− 0.061–0.054	0.91

β standardized partial regression coefficient, CI confidence interval, BP blood pressure, CVD cardiovascular disease, DM diabetes mellitus.

*p value < 0.05.