Geriatric nutritional risk index and adverse medical outcomes among Egyptian patients admitted to a geriatric hospital: a prospective cohort study

Table 4 Predictors of Hospital length of stay using multiple linear regression

Model	Unstandardized Coefficients		Standardized Coefficients	t	Sig.	95% C.I. for B
Model	B	Std. Error	Beta	t	Sig.	95% C.I. for B
Age	-0.019	0.054	-0.019	-0.362	0.718	-0.12 – 0.08
BMI	0.191	0.106	0.115	1.801	0.073	-0.01 – 0.39
Presence of comorbidities	0.853	2.766	0.016	0.308	0.758	-4.58 – 6.29
High nutritional risk	3.611	1.209	0.220	2.986	0.003	1.23 – 5.99
Low nutritional risk	0.043	1.301	0.002	0.033	0.973	-2.51 – 2.60
Bed sores developed in the hospital	3.474	1.484	0.134	2.551	0.011	0.86 – 6.70
HAIs	4.132	0.956	0.232	4.322	<0.001	2.25 – 6.01

Bold values indicate significant values
BMI Body Mass Index, HAIs Healthcare-Associated Infections, CI Confidence Interval

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