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Table 2 Distribution of clinical outcomes, nutrition factors and other characteristics of patients

From: Influence of supplemental parenteral nutrition approach on nosocomial infection in pediatric intensive care unit of Emergency Department: a retrospective study

Characteristics

EN alone group (n = 101)

SPN group (n = 103)

Statistic value

P value

SPN subgroup1 (n = 60)

SPN subgroup2 (n = 43)

Statistic value

P value

Nosocomial infection, n (%)

11 (10.9)

35 (34.0)

15.57a

<0.001

15 (25.0)

20 (46.5)

5.17a

0.02

Total caloric intake (%), median (IQR)

64.1 (46.9–83.6)

64.8 (51.7–85.7)

−0.29*b

0.77

65.42 (50.8–82.9)

64.80 (52.4–86.1)

0.57b

0.57

Caloric intake (kcal/day), median (IQR)

284.1 (178.9–401.0)

299.5 (179.6–480.1)

5163.00c

0.93

313.6 (179.0–420.7)

268.9 (179.6–542.4)

0.19b

0.74

Gender, n (%)

  

0.04a

0.85

  

6.26a

0.01

 Male

67 (66.3)

67 (65.0)

45 (75.0)

22 (51.0)

 Female

34 (33.7)

36 (35.0)

15 (25.0)

21 (49.0)

Age (month), median (IQR)

9.0 (3.0–26.0)

9.0 (3.0–37.0)

3.44*b

0.07

11.0 (3.0–49.0)

7.0 (4.0–30.0)

0.17b*

0.86

Age groups, n (%)

  

2.34a

0.50

  

5.54d

0.07

 Infants

58 (57.4)

55 (53.4)

31 (51.7)

24 (55.8)

 Toddlers

23 (22.8)

21 (20.4)

11 (18.3)

10 (23.3)

 Preschoolers

9 (8.9)

8 (7.8)

7 (11.7)

1 (2.3)

 Childhood and young teens

11 (10.9)

19 (18.4)

11 (18.3)

8 (18.6)

Weight (kg), median (IQR)

8.2 (5.5–12.3)

8 (4.5–15.0)

5.00*b

0.03

8.8 (4.6–16.0)

8.0 (4.5–15.0)

0.12b*

0.91

Serum albumin at admission (g/L), mean ± SD

38.50 ± 6.30

35.94 ± 6.11

2.94b

0.004

35.95 ± 6.33

35.94 ± 5.86

0.01b

0.99

Severity of disease, n (%)

  

21.69a

<0.001

  

3.77a

0.05

 Class 1

59 (58.4)

27 (26.2)

20 (33.3)

7 (16.3)

 Class 2

42 (41.6)

76 (73.8)

40 (66.7)

36 (83.7)

Mechanical ventilation, n (%)

11 (10.9)

29 (28.2)

9.64a

0.002

15 (25.0)

14 (32.6)

0.71a

0.40

Invasive diagnosis operation, n (%)

18 (17.8)

35 (34.0)

6.92a

0.009

20 (33.3)

15 (34.9)

0.03a

0.87

PICU length of stay (day), median (IQR)

4.0 (3.0–7.0)

8.0 (5.0–14.0)

2922.00c

<0.001

7.5 (4.0–14.0)

9.0 (6.0–14.0)

−0.53b

0.59

  1. Note: Variables with * were conducted for logarithmic transformation. Statistic values with a, b, c, d were Pearson’s chi-square value, Students’ t value and Mann–Whitney U value and Fisher exact test value respectively