Table 2.

Clinical variables of sample according to weight Z-score category

	All	Normal (n = 11)	Moderately malnourished (n = 15)	Severely malnourished (n = 14)	p
Kidney disease	11 (28 %)	4 (36 %)	4 (27 %)	3 (21 %)	0.71
PO complications	14 (35 %)	4 (45 %)	4 (27 %)	6 (43 %)	0.65
PO infection	17 (43 %)	4 (36 %)	7 (47 %)	6 (43 %)	0.87
Diuretics	12 (30 %)	2 (18 %)	5 (33 %)	5 (36 %)	0.52
Length of admission (days)		36 (5–166)	32 (8–103)	44 (8–182)	0.51
NICU stay (days)		3 ± 4.69	4 ± 6.01	10 ± 10.37	0.05

Normally distributed continuous data presented as mean ± (SD), non-normally distributed continuous data presented as median (range). Categorical data presented as n (%). Chi square and ANOVA were used to produce p-values

NICU neonatal intensive care unit, PO post-operative