Factors associated with long intensive care unit (ICU) admission among inpatients with and without diabetes in South Western Sydney public hospitals using the New South Wales admission patient data collection (2014–2017)

Table 3 Adjusted odds ratio (aOR) of factors associated with long ICU stay among admitted adults in South Western Sydney Public hospitals. Bolded are significant predictors

Variables	aOR	[95% CI]
Diabetes
Year of admission
2014–2015	1.00
2015–2016	0.83	[0.62, 1.10]
2016–2017	0.72	[0.54, 0.95]
Primary admission diagnosis, ICD-10 (Ref = No)
Diseases of the circulatory system	1.40	[1.11, 1.77]
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system	0.31	[0.10, 0.94]
Death	1.59	[1.10, 2.28]
Non-diabetes
Year of admission
2014–2015	1.00
2015–2016	0.90	[0.78, 1.04]
2016–2017	0.95	[0.83, 1.09]
Sex
Women	1.00
Men	1.27	[1.14, 1.42]
Residence^‡
Peri-urban	1.00
Urban	0.83	[0.74, 0.93]
Primary admission diagnosis, ICD-10 (Ref = No)
Diseases of the nervous system	1.51	[1.05, 2.16]
Diseases of the circulatory system	1.60	[1.42, 1.80]
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system	0.58	[0.36, 0.93]
Death	1.57	[1.34, 1.83]

ICU Intensive care unit, aOR adjusted odd ratio, ‡ Peri urban includes Wollondilly, Camden, Wingecarribee Local Government Areas (LGA) while Urban includes Campbelltown, Fairfield, Bankstown-Lidcombe LGAs

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