Table 5. Effect of early ERCP on LOS in gallstone-related pancreatitis.
| % change in LOS when ERCP was done early | ||||||
| Univariate regression coefficient (95 %) | S.E. | P value | Multivariate regression coefficient (95 %CI) | S.E. | P value | |
| ERCP > Day 1 | Ref | NA | Ref | NA | ||
| ERCP ≤ Day 0–1 | –0.44 (–0.46–0.43) | .006 | < 0.001 | –0.39 (–0.40–0.38) | .006 | < 0.001 |
| Age | 0.01 (0.01 0.01) | .000 | < 0.001 | 0.00 (0.00 0.00) | .000 | 0.004 |
| Severe pancreatitis | 0.69 (0.68 0.70) | .006 | < 0.001 | 0.52 (0.51 0.55) | .010 | < 0.001 |
| Elixhauser Index | 0.10 (0.10 0.11) | .000 | < 0.001 | 0.06 (0.06 0.06) | .002 | < 0.001 |
ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; LOS, length of stay; S.E., standard error.