Length of hospital stay is associated with a decline in activities of daily living in hemodialysis patients: a prospective cohort study

Table 2 Association between cumulative length of hospital stay and decline in ADLs

	BADLs		IADLs
	Crude RR [95% CI]	Adjusted RR^a [95% CI]	Crude RR [95% CI]	Adjusted RR^a [95% CI]
Cumulative length of hospital stay
Per day	1.014 [1.006 to 1.022]	1.012 [1.005 to 1.020]	1.015 [1.007 to 1.023]	1.011 [1.004 to 1.019]
Per 7 days	1.10 [1.04 to 1.16]	1.12 [1.04 to 1.19]	1.11 [1.05 to 1.17]	1.08 [1.03 to 1.14]
Per 30 days	1.47 [1.18 to 1.83]	1.42 [1.15 to 1.75]	1.51 [1.23 to 1.85]	1.38 [1.13 to 1.68]
Age (per 10 years)		1.20 [0.96 to 1.50]		1.21 [1.00 to 1.47]
Diabetes		1.36 [0.97 to 1.91]		1.38 [1.04 to 1.84]

ADL, activities of daily living; BADL, basic activities of daily living; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living; RR, risk ratio; CI, confidence interval
^aLength of hospital stay, age and diabetes were included simultaneously in the model after adjusting for sex, dialysis vintage, body mass index (< 18.5, ≥ 18.5 to < 25, ≥ 25), functional status score, comorbidities (cerebrovascular diseases, coronary heart disease, other cardiovascular diseases, congestive heart disease, cancer other than skin cancer, neurologic disease, peripheral vascular disease, dementia, and psychiatric disorder), albumin, phosphorus, creatinine and single-pool Kt/V

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