Table 1.

Demographic characteristics

	CLABSI group 31 patients	Non-CLABSI group 139 patients	p value
Male	22 (71)	75 (54)	0.08
Age (months)	27 (1 - 158)	30 (1 - 192)	0.334
Deaths	4 (13)	15 (11)	0.73
PIM II	6.35	5.4	0.133
Length of PICU stay (days)	13 (±11)	11.5 (±8)	0.172
Chronic disease	23 (19.8)	93 (80.2)	0.287

CLABSI - central line-associated blood stream infection; PIM II - Pediatric Index of Mortality Score II; PICU - pediatric intensive care unit. The values are expressed as n (%), mean (min - max), mean, or mean (standard deviation).