Table 2 Outcome of the study population after propensity score matching
Outcomes | Total (n = 2,443) | With ASD alone (n = 698) | With ADHD alone (n = 698) | With ASD-ADHD (n = 349) | Neither b (n = 698) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In-hospital mortality | 1 (0.04) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (0.15) | - |
LOS, daysa | 2.3 ± 0.04 | 2.3 ± 0.07 | 2.2 ± 0.06 | 2.4 ± 0.17 | 2.3 ± 0.08 | 0.651 |
Total hospital cost, per 1,000 USDa | 18.3 ± 0.7 | 19.5 ± 0.8 | 16.5 ± 0.7 | 21.8 ± 2.5 | 17.2 ± 1.8 | 0.021 |
Complications | 558 (23.0) | 187 (26.8) | 139 (20.1) | 107 (30.8) | 125 (18.0) | < 0.001 |
Epilepsy | 79 (3.2) | 40 (5.7) | 10 (1.4) | 20 (5.8) | 9 (1.3) | < 0.001 |
Constipation | 69 (2.8) | 28 (4.0) | 22 (3.1) | 14 (4.0) | 5 (0.7) | < 0.001 |
Pneumonia | 231 (9.5) | 82 (11.7) | 52 (7.6) | 46 (13.2) | 51 (7.3) | < 0.001 |
Sepsis | 17 (0.7) | 5 (0.7) | 3 (0.4) | 2 (0.6) | 7 (1.0) | 0.450 |
Dehydration | 86 (3.6) | 24 (3.5) | 21 (3.1) | 15 (4.4) | 26 (3.8) | 0.684 |
Respiratory Failure/ Mechanical ventilation | 129 (5.3) | 36 (5.2) | 38 (5.5) | 23 (6.6) | 32 (4.6) | 0.543 |
(NIPPV) | 50 (2.1) | 14 (2.0) | 19 (2.8) | 8 (2.4) | 9 (1.3) | 0.206 |