Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome Management and Outcome: A Single Center Retrospective Analysis

Table 4

Association between patient characteristics and length of stay among hospitalized patients.

Variables	Adjusted β estimate (95% CI)	value
Age
1–5 years	1.00 (referent)
6–12 years	1.21 (0.89 to 1.65)	0.21
13–18 years	1.24 (0.88 to 1.75)	0.21
Sex
Male	1.00 (referent)
Female	1.11 (0.86 to 1.43)	0.41
Race and ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	1.00 (referent)
Black	0.72 (0.52 to 1.00)	0.05
White, Hispanic	0.76 (0.51 to 1.14)	0.18
Other	0.61 (0.37 to 1.01)	0.06
Insurance
None	1.00 (referent)
Medicaid	0.83 (0.53 to 1.30)	0.41
Commercial	0.74 (0.46 to 1.19)	0.21
Disease status
SSNS	1.00 (referent)
FRNS/SDNS	0.81 (0.59 to 1.12)	0.20
SRNS	0.87 (0.58 to 1.29)	0.47
Comorbidity
No	1.00 (referent)
Yes	1.42 (1.05 to 1.93)	0.03
Complications
No	1.00 (referent)
Yes	1.43 (1.06 to 1.92)	0.02

CI, confidence interval; FRNS, frequently relapsing nephrotic syndrome; SDNS, steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome; SRNS, steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome; SSNS, steroid-sensitive and infrequently relapsing nephrotic syndrome.
After exponentiation to give proportional change in mean length of stay (days) compared to the referent.
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