a significant trendp = 0.001
In this model, the second wave of COVID-19 showed a significant trend toward a reduced mean length of stay compared with the first wave (−0.57 days, p = 0.001), whereas the third wave was not statistically significant, indicating that the mean hospitalization duration was not influenced by this wave (Table 7). 2) Throughout the manuscript, the authors redundantly report the confidence level (95% CI) and the alpha level (5%) when describing statistical results.