Sentence examples for determinants of length from inspiring English sources

The secondary diagnosis and method of admission were important diagnostic determinants of length of stay, with very marginal differences between the two statistical models ('I' & 'A').

Indeed, other factors, such as depth of sedation [ 42], may be greater determinants of length of ventilation and ICU stay than development of pneumonia.

Risk, the probability of violence, might be expected to predict length of stay but to our knowledge risk assessment instruments have not been studied as predictors or determinants of length of stay.

These observations indicate that functional relevance of microsatellite is not the major determinant of length polymorphism in both MMR-deficient and -proficient settings in human.

Thus, our observations confirm that susceptibility to DNA strand slippage is the determinant of length polymorphism in the majority of 3'UTR microsatellites in both MMR-deficient and -proficient settings in humans.

Renal failure affects about 35% of critically ill patients [ 27] and remains a major determinant of length of hospital stay [ 28].

In a systematic review of factors affecting outcome for older medical patients, cognitive ability was judged to be a key determinant of length of stay [ 64].

These data may hold relevance in that a major determinant of length of engagement with SFW was the time to discharge of the patients.

There was an immediate effect of the intervention (regression coefficient = -0.129, P < 0.001) and the secular trend (β1) was a determinant of length of mechanical ventilation (regression coefficient = 0.010, P = 0.004).

We limited the study to ICUs with high-intensity daytime staffing, for which nighttime intensivist staffing does not affect mortality [ 8], to eliminate the competing risk of death as a determinant of length of stay.

There was an immediate effect of the intervention (regression coefficient = -0.129, P value < 0.001) and the secular trend was a determinant of length of mechanical ventilation (regression coefficient = 0.010, P value = 0.004).