Table 1 Demographics of children and morphological parameters on admission.
| Age in months, mean (median) | 9.79 (9.40) |
| Age in months, n (%) | |
| <1 | 15 (7) |
| 2–12 | 110 (52) |
| 13–24 | 54 (26) |
| 25–36 | 29 (14) |
| Unknown | 3 (1) |
| Sex, n (%) | |
| Male | 80 (53.3) |
| Female | 70 (46.7) |
| Place of birth, n (%) | |
| Italy | 133 (88.67) |
| European union | 8 (5.33) |
| East European States | 5 (3.33) |
| South America | 1 (0.67) |
| Unknown | 3 (2) |
| Race or ethnicity, n (%) | |
| East European | 101 (67.33) |
| Italian | 6 (4) |
| European union | 6 (4) |
| South American | 5 (3.33) |
| African | 2 (1.33) |
| Unknown | 30 (20) |
| Mean birthweight in g, | 2800 |
| Weight in centile, n (%) | |
| <10 | 38 (18.01) |
| 10–25 | 34 (16.11) |
| >25 | 72 (34.12) |
| Unknown | 67 (31.75) |