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Table 3 Demographic and clinical outcomes of children among nutritional status categories based on start of feeding time

From: Undernutrition and 60-day mortality in critically ill children with respiratory failure: a prospective cohort study

Characteristics

Feeding > 48 h (N = 47)

Feeding ≤ 48 h (N = 79)

p-value

Sex (male) *

30 (63)

45 (56)

0.448

Age**

2 (3.42)

2 (5)

0.185

PIM2***

4.55 (8.55)

6.7 (7.9)

0.234

PICU stay, day***

8 (14)

8 (10)

0.248

Mortality*

12 (25)

23 (29)

0.664

  1. BMI, body mass index; PIM2, Pediatric Index of Mortality 2.
  2. N (%), ** median (IQR), *** (Mean, SD)
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