Table 2.
Comparison between malnourished and non-malnourished patients by sample
| Outcome | Contemporary sample n = 406 |
Historical sample n = 475 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malnourished n = 64 n (%) |
Non-malnourished n = 342 n (%) |
p value | Malnourished n = 101 n (%) |
Non-malnourished n = 374 n (%) |
p value | |
| PIM 2 > 6 | 14 (21.9) | 72 (21.1) | 0.883 | 25 (24.8) | 56 (15) | 0.020* |
| MV | 30 (46.9) | 163 (47.7) | 0.908 | 51 (50.5) | 156 (41.7) | 0.114 |
| LS > 7 days | 20 (31.3) | 96 (28.1) | 0.605 | 35 (34.7) | 90 (24.1) | 0.032* |
| MODS | 31 (48.4) | 126 (36.8) | 0.804 | 55 (54.5) | 166 (44.4) | 0.072 |
| Death | 2 (3.1) | 13 (3.8) | 0.792 | 13 (12.9) | 10 (2.7) | <0.001* |
PIM - Pediatric Index of Mortality; MV - mechanical ventilation; LS - length of stay; MODS - multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.
*
Significant difference.