Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics for patients tolerating gastrostomy tube (GT) placement and patients with early mortality after GT placement
| Characteristics | Patients tolerating GT placement (n = 25) |
Patients with early mortality (n = 3) |
P value* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male sex, N (%) | 18 (72) | 1 (33) | 0.23 |
| Age at GT placement, years, median (range) | 12.3 (4.6-17.0) | 24.9 (22.1-27.0) | 0.006 |
| Neurologic score, median (range) | 41 (19-77) | 50 (15-53) | 0.55 |
| Body mass index for age, median (range) | -3.82 (-11.89-0.90)a | -7.03 (-7.78- -1.10) | 0.47 |
| IgA deficient, N (%) | 17 (68) | 0 (0) | 0.13 |
| IgG deficient, N (%) | 8 (32) | 0 (0) | 1.0 |
| Dysphagia, N (%) | 12 (48) | 3 (100) | 0.23 |
* P value from Fisher's exact test or Wilcoxon rank sum test.
a Data only available on 16 of the 25 patients.