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Table 4 Multivariate linear regression analysis for recovery parameters

From: The necessity of abdominal drainage for patients with complicated appendicitis undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy: a retrospective cohort study

 

Time to resuming soft diet (hrs)

Postoperative length of stay (hrs)

β (95% CI)

P value

β (95% CI)

P value

Drainage

 

 < 0.0001

 

 < 0.0001

No

1

 

1

 

Yes

20.697 (15.251–26.143)

 

45.899 (34.502–57.297)

 

Sex

 

0.1749

 

0.2950

Female

1

 

1

 

Male

2.859 (− 1.273 to 6.991)

 

4.618 (− 4.029 to 13.264)

 

Age

0.114 (0.001–0.227)

0.0485

0.440 (0.203–0.677)

0.0003

AAST grade

6.874 (5.303–8.445)

 < 0.0001

14.561 (11.273–17.848)

 < 0.0001

  1. AAST, The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma