Acute kidney injury and outcomes in hospitalized children with autoimmune rheumatic disease

Table 4 Associations between type of ARDs and LOS and total hospital costs

Type of ARD	LOS ^a	Total hospital costs ^b
Type of ARD	aBeta (95% CI)
Inflammatory arthritis	Ref.	Ref.
ANCA associated vasculitis	2.42 (1.36, 3.48)	81.42 (47.26, 115.58)
SLE	-0.29 (-0.63, 0.06)	6.22 (0.80, 11.63)
SSc	0.30 (-0.52, 1.12)	11.31 (-2.62, 25.24)
Other systemic connective tissue diseases	1.20 (0.59, 1.81)	65.68 (49.53, 81.83)

Abbreviations: ARDs, autoimmune rheumatic diseases; ANCA, anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody; CI, confidence interval; Ref., reference; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus; SSc, systemic sclerosis; LOS, length of stay
Multivariable regression was adjusted for variables that were significant in the univariate regression model
p values < 0.05 are shown in bold
^a Adjusted for sex, race, primary payer, admission type, location/teaching status, hospital region, hypertension, ulcer or stomach problem, lung disease, cancer, and CCI
^b Adjusted for sex, race, admission type, location/teaching status, hospital region, hypertension, ulcer or stomach problem, cancer, and CCI

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