Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of study participants
| Inpatient admission |
PICU admission |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yes (n = 158), n (%) | no (n = 232), n (%) | yes (n = 47), n (%) | no (n = 343), n (%) | n = 390, n (%) | |
| Age | |||||
| Mean age in months (σ) | 125.3 (83.3) | 121.57 (81.6) | 151.9 (75.2) | 119.1 (82.4) | 123.1 (82.2) |
| Area deprivation index (ADI) | |||||
| Mean ADI (σ) | 71.0 (22.7) | 58.6 (25.9) | 71.6 (21.7) | 62.5 (25.7) | 63.63 (25.4) |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 118 (50.9) | 76 (48.1) | 23 (48.9) | 171 (49.9) | 194 (49.7) |
| Female | 114 (49.1) | 82 (51.9) | 24 (51.1) | 172 (50.1) | 196 (50.3) |
| Weight categorization | |||||
| Obese | 53 (33.5) | 39 (16.8) | 20 (42.6) | 72 (21.0) | 92 (23.6) |
| Overweight | 19 (12.0) | 35 (15.1) | 8 (17.0) | 46 (13.4) | 54 (13.8) |
| Healthy weight | 86 (54.4) | 158 (68.1) | 19 (40.4) | 225 (65.6) | 255 (62.6) |
| Endocrine disorders | |||||
| Adrenal insufficiency | 10 (6.3) | 2 (0.9) | 6 (12.8) | 6 (1.7) | 12 (3.1) |
| Hypothyroidism | 11 (7.0) | 2 (0.9) | 8 (17.0) | 5 (1.5) | 13 (3.3) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 16 (10.1) | 2 (0.9) | 10 (21.3) | 8 (2.3) | 18 (4.6) |