Table 1.
Child Characteristics and Associations with Outcomes
| Characteristic | Overall | Survived to 12 months | P-valuea | VABS-II decreased by ≤ 15 pointsb | P-valuea | Survived to 12 months with VABS-II ≥ 70b,c | P-valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 147 | 61/147 (41.5%) | 32/145 (22.1%) | 39/128 (30.5%) | |||
| Age | 0.253 | 0.683 | 0.336 | ||||
| ≤ 30 days | 28 (19.0%) | 12/28 (42.9%) | 9/28 (32.1%) | 10/22 (45.5%) | |||
| > 30 days-<1 year | 56 (38.1%) | 29/56 (51.8%) | 10/54 (18.5%) | 13/51 (25.5%) | |||
| 1–4 years | 29 (19.7%) | 9/29 (31.0%) | 6/29 (20.7%) | 5/24 (20.8%) | |||
| 5–12 years | 22 (15.0%) | 8/22 (36.4%) | 5/22 (22.7%) | 8/21 (38.1%) | |||
| ≥ 13 years | 12 (8.2%) | 3/12 (25.0%) | 2/12 (16.7%) | 3/10 (30.0%) | |||
| Sex | 0.998 | 0.538 | 0.684 | ||||
| Male | 94 (63.9%) | 39/94 (41.5%) | 22/93 (23.7%) | 26/82 (31.7%) | |||
| Female | 53 (36.1%) | 22/53 (41.5%) | 10/52 (19.2%) | 13/46 (28.3%) | |||
| Race | 0.176 | 0.057 | 0.053 | ||||
| Asian | 5 (3.4%) | 3/5 (60.0%) | 2/5 (40.0%) | 3/5 (60.0%) | |||
| Black or African American | 43 (29.3%) | 20/43 (46.5%) | 9/42 (21.4%) | 13/39 (33.3%) | |||
| White | 84 (57.1%) | 29/84 (34.5%) | 14/83 (16.9%) | 16/71 (22.5%) | |||
| Other/Unknown | 15 (10.2%) | 9/15 (60.0%) | 7/15 (46.7%) | 7/13 (53.8%) | |||
| Ethnicity | 0.354 | 0.609 | 0.064 | ||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 25 (17.0%) | 9/25 (36.0%) | 4/25 (16.0%) | 4/25 (16.0%) | |||
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 110 (74.8%) | 49/110 (44.5%) | 26/108 (24.1%) | 34/94 (36.2%) | |||
| Unknown | 12 (8.2%) | 3/12 (25.0%) | 2/12 (16.7%) | 1/9 (11.1%) | |||
| Body habitus | 0.435 | 0.385 | 0.903 | ||||
| Underweight (<5th percentile) | 29 (19.7%) | 13/29 (44.8%) | 9/28 (32.1%) | 7/24 (29.2%) | |||
| Normal/Overweight | 95 (64.6%) | 36/95 (37.9%) | 19/95 (20.0%) | 26/86 (30.2%) | |||
| Obese (≥95th percentile) | 21 (14.5%) | 11/21 (52.4%) | 4/20 (20.0%) | 6/17 (35.3%) | |||
| Unknown | 2 (1.4%) | 1/2 (50.0%) | 0/2 (0.0%) | 0/1 (0.0%) | |||
| Pre-arrest technology dependence | 14 (9.5%) | 2/14 (14.3%) | 0.030 | 1/14 (7.1%) | 0.157 | 0/10 (0.0%) | 0.029 |
| Post-operative cardiac surgery | 75 (51.0%) | 39/75 (52.0%) | 0.008 | 20/74 (27.0%) | 0.142 | 23/65 (35.4%) | 0.220 |
| Previous PICU admission during current hospitalization | 35 (23.8%) | 12/35 (34.3%) | 0.321 | 4/34 (11.8%) | 0.098 | 7/32 (21.9%) | 0.223 |
a
All p-values from chi-squared test of no association. Categories of “unknown” were excluded from the analysis of body habitus.
b
VABS-II is Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Second Edition.
c
Only subjects with baseline VABS-II ≥70 were included for this outcome.