Radiologic Diagnosis and Hospitalization among Children with Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia: A Prospective Cohort Study

Table 3

Bivariate linear regression model of predictors of duration of hospitalization among children with severe pneumonia, Hawassa, Ethiopia.

Variable	Coefficient	R^2	P-value
Age in months	-0.123	0.015	0.177
Sex, Male	0.022	0.000	0.810
Duration of illness in days	0.070	0.005	0.443
Presence of fever	-0.084	0.007	0.355
Presence of vomiting	-0.116	0.013	0.204
Presence of grunting	0.070	0.005	0.440
Previous admission	0.060	0.004	0.515
Indoor cooking	-0.004	0.000	0.969
Breast feeding	0.071	0.005	0.435
Pulse rate (count per minute)	0.115	0.013	0.207
Respiratory rate (count per minute)	-0.048	0.002	0.599
Temperature in Celsius	0.117	0.014	0.198
Saturation of Oxygen (SaPO2)	0.031	0.001	0.772
Presence of cyanosis	-0.047	0.002	0.611
Finding of crepitation crepitation	-0.029	0.001	0.755
Finding of wheezing	-0.016	0.000	0.862
Level of consciousness	0.123	0.015	0.178
White blood cell count (cells/mm^3)	-0.140	0.020	0.126
Platelet count (cells/mm^3)	-0.141	0.020	0.122
Hemoglobin (gm/dL)	-0.249	0.062	0.006
Height-for-age Z score	0.203	0.041	0.027
Weight-for-height Z score	-0.049	0.002	0.605
Weight-for-age Z score	0.108	0.012	0.241
Body Mass Index-for-Age Z-score	-0.035	0.001	0.703
CXR positive (based on WHO criteria)	0.002	0.000	0.979