The Definition of a Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Stay for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients: An Application with National Health Insurance Research Database

Table 3

Comorbidity influence of patients with a prolonged ICU stay and those with a nonprolonged ICU stay.

	Nonprolonged (𝑛=1163)	Prolonged (𝑛=436)	All (𝑛=1599)	Odds ratio
Multiple comorbidities***	27.3%	39.2%	30.6%	1.715 (1.360~2.161)
Hypertension***	65.0%	54.1%	62.0%	0.635 (0.508~0.794)
Pulmonary diseases***	10.9%	37.6%	18.2%	4.918 (3.764~6.426)
Diabetes mellitus	16.9%	18.3%	17.3%	NP
Hydrocephalus***	10.0%	28.9%	15.1%	3.669 (2.766~4.865)
Old CVA	5.3%	6.4%	5.6%	NP
Heart diseases	4.3%	2.5%	3.8%	NP
Renal disease	2.9%	4.8%	3.4%	NP
Liver disease	3.0%	1.6%	2.6%	NP
Peptic ulcer	1.8%	1.8%	1.8%	NP
Dementia	1.5%	0.7%	1.3%	NP

^∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗∗𝑃<0.01, and ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001.
DM: diabetes mellitus; CVA: old CVA that was not sICH; PU: peptic ulcer.