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Table 3 Results for Length of Stay (LOS): Crude Odds Ratios (p value from Cochran Mantel Haenszel Chi Square Test of Zero Correlation) and Adjusted Odds Ratios from Multivariate Logistic Regression (p value from partial test on regression coefficient)

From: Effect of osteopathic manipulative treatment on gastrointestinal function and length of stay of preterm infants: an exploratory study

 

LOS (days)

Univariate O.R.

Adjusted O.R.

 

< 28

≥ 28

O.R. (95%CI)

p > |χ2

O.R. (95%CI)

p > |χ2

N

267 (76.3)

83 (23.7)

    

Gender

      

   Females [R.C]

128 (75.3)

42 (24.7)

1

-

1

-

   Males

139 (77.2)

41 (22.8)

0.90 (0.55-1.47)

0.765

1.40 (0.63-3.10)

0.412

Gestational Age

      

   ≤ 32

21 (25.6)

61 (74.4)

38.10 (16.40-88.20)

< 0.001

10.90 (3.53-33.72)

< 0.001

   > 32, ≤ 35

128 (90.8)

13 (9.2)

1.33 (0.55-3.22)

0.680

0.76 (0.27-2.15)

0.609

   > 35 [R.C]

118 (92.9)

9 (7.1)

1

-

  

Birth Weight (grams)

      

   ≤ 1700

9 (15.5)

49 (84.5)

120.60 (42.70-340.60)

< 0.001

43.23 (11.63-160.66)

< 0.001

   > 1700, ≤ 2200

103 (79.2)

27 (20.8)

5.80 (2.40-13.80)

< 0.001

3.01 (1.05-8.68)

0.041

   > 2200 [R.C]

155 (95.7)

7 (4.3)

1

-

1

-

Oral feeding at admission

      

   No

186 (72.1)

72 (27.9)

2.85 (1.44-5.66)

0.003

3.11 (1.05-9.25)

0.041

   Yes [R.C]

81 (88.0)

11 (12.0)

1

-

1

-

OMT

      

   No [R.C]

133 (70.7)

55 (29.3)

1

-

1

-

   Yes

134 (82.7)

28 (17.3)

0.51 (0.30-0.85)

0.012

0.22 (0.09-0.51)

< 0.001

  1. R.C. = Reference Category