Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population (n = 552)

Patient characteristics	Total
Age, months	23 (5.0 - 79.8)
Sex
Male	289 (52.3)
Glucose	121.30 (70.6)
Glucose group
< 65 mg/dL	54 (9.78)
(< 3.61 mmol/L)
66 – 100 mg/dL	182 (33.0)
(3.66 - 5.55 mmol/L)
101 – 199 mg/dL	270 (48.9)
(5.61 - 11.04 mmol/L)
> 200 mg/dL	46 (8.3)
(> 11.1 mmol/L)
Diagnoses upon admission
Respiratory	128 (23.2)
Infectious	97 (17.6)
Neurological	37 (6.7)
Noncardiovascular surgery	213 (38.6)
Others	77 (14.0)
Mechanical ventilation	462 (83.5)
Obese	4 (0.7)
Malnutrition	114 (20.6)
Eutrophic	434 (78.6)
Infection in the PICU	95 (17.2)
Parenteral nutrition	78 (14.1)
Death at discharge	92 (16.6)

PICU - pediatric intensive care unit. The results expressed as the median (IQR), n (%) or mean (standard deviation).