. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Intensive Care Med. 2018 Feb 22;35(5):472–477. doi: 10.1177/0885066618760541

Table 1.

Patient Clinical Characteristics by Weight Status.

Clinical Characteristics of Participants	Overweight/ Obese (n = 156)	Normal Weight (n = 222)	P
Age in months, median (IQR)	63.5 (15.5–153.5)	74.5 (18.0–173.0)	.40^a
Gender (%)
Male	82 (52.6%)	109 (49.1%)
Female	74 (47.4%)	113 (50.9%)	.51
Admission PRISM III Score, median (IQR)	6.0 (2.0–10.5)	5.0 (0.0–10.0)	.21^a
ICU length of stay in days, median (IQR)	5.4 (2.0–14.5)	5.6 (1.9–13.2)	.61^a
Death (%)	10 (6.4%)	16 (7.2%)	.76

Abbreviation: IQR, interquartile range; PRISM III, Pediatric Risk of Mortality, version III.

P values are a result of Mann-Whitney U tests when indicated with ^a, otherwise P values are a result of χ² tests.