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Table 3 Table 3a. Asthma-related hosiptal stay in the galician region of spain, univariate analysis.

From: Trends in adult asthma hospitalization: gender-age effectTrend di ospedalizzazione nell’asma dell’adulto: effetto di età e genere

  

Mean Hospital Stay* (SD)

p

Sex

Male

8.6 (8.8)

0.0001

 

Female

9.4 (8.7)

 

Age (years)

15-39

5.7 (5.5)

0.0001

 

40-59

8.4 (10.5)

 
 

≥ 60

10.4 (8.6)

 

Weekday

Monday-Thursday

9.1 (8.9)

NS

 

Friday-Sunday

9.3 (8.4)

 
 

Total

9.2 (8.7)

 

Table 3b. Adjusted odds ratio of hospital stay over the mean, by sex, age group and weekday of admission

  

Odds Ratio

CI 95%

Sex

Male

1

 
 

Female

1.05

0.99-1.12

Age

15-39

1

 
 

40-59

2.93

2.62-3.29

 

≥ 60

5.59

5.07-6.17

Weekday

Monday-Thursday

1

 
 

Friday-Sunday

1.33

1.25-1.40

  1. Comparison by sex, age group and weekday of admission
  2. *Hospital stay in days.
  3. Definition of abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; NS, not significant.
  4. Definition of abbreviation: Cl, Confidence interval.