Table 5.
Characteristics of patients according to undernutrition status (WHO standards)
| WHO BMI z-score < − 2SD Undernutrition N = 80a | WHO BMI z-score > − 2SD No undernutrition N = 352a |
p value | AORc IC95% | Pc value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years)b | 1.2 (0.2;10.8) | 3.3 (0.6;10.6) | 0.04 | ||
| Weight (kg)b | 8.5 (4.1;22.5) | 14.0 (7.7;33.0) | < 0.01 | ||
| BMI-for-age (z-score) | − 2.9 (− 3.6;− 2.4) | − 0.14 (− 1.0;0.75) | – | ||
| Height/length (cm)b | 83.0 (56;137) | 93.7 (67;137) | 0.05 | ||
| Height/length-for-age (z-score)b | − 0.56 (− 2.51;0.84) | − 0.69 (1.75;0.45) | 0.97 | ||
| PIM2 score | 2.3 (1.1–15.9) | 2.1 (0.8–8.1) | 0.28 | ||
| Age under 1 yearsb | 42 (52.2) | 243 (69.0) | < 0.01 | 2.14 (1.27–3.61) | < 0.01 |
| Males | 48 (60.0) | 203 (57.6) | 0.70 | ||
| Chronic underlying condition | 51 (64.6) | 189 (54.5) | 0.10 | 1.72 (0.96–3.06) | 0.06 |
| Chronic enteral or parenteral nutrition | 10 (12.5) | 37 (10.6) | 0.62 | ||
| Provenance | 0.01 | 0.02 | |||
| Direct admission from home | 8 (10.0%) | 79 (22.5) | 1 | ||
| Other hospital unit | 40 (50.0) | 185 (52.7) | 1.56 (0.66–3.66) | ||
| Other ICU | 9 (11.2) | 21 (5.9) | 2.62 (0.80–8.55) | ||
| Pediatric emergency | 23 (28.7) | 66 (18.8) | 3.45 (1.42–8.38) | ||
| Surgical admission | 125 (35.6) | 29 (36.2) | 0.91 | ||
| Planned admission | 28 (35.0) | 92 (26.1) | 0.11 | 1.36 (0.72–2.58) | 0.34 |
| Patients having weight measured at admission | 59 (73.7) | 274 (77.8) | 0.43 | ||
| Patients having height/length measured at admission | 49 (61.2) | 209 (59.4) | 0.75 |
Data are presented as medians (Q1–Q3) or as N (%)
BMI Body mass index; WHO World Health Organization
aSample size without missing data
bBecause Age, weight and height were highly correlated, we only entered “Age under 1 year” in the multivariate analysis
cAOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio (adjusted for Age under 1 year, Chronic underlying condition, Provenance and planned admission)