Impact of nutritional status on the outcome of critically ill pediatric patients

Table 1 Outcome variables according to severity of malnutrition, n (%)/mean ± SD

Outcome variables	Severely malnourished (n = 67)	Moderately malnourished (n = 42)	Well-nourished (n = 101)	P value
Mortality	20 (29.9)	9 (21.4)	19 (18.8)	0.241
MV duration (Days)	1.87 ± 0.7	1.74 ± 0.5	1.3 ± 0.8	0.001
Hospital stay (Days)	9.64 ± 5	9.3 ± 3.2	8.1 ± 3.1	0.021
PICU stay (Days)	5.66 ± 2.5	4.6 ± 2.1	4.2 ± 2.1	0.001
PRISM score	11.28 ± 5.5	8.93 ± 3.8	9.15 ± 4.2	0.147
Inotrope score at admission	10.9 ± 3.6	9.4 ± 4.1	10.09 ± 4.0	0.949

MV: Mechanical ventilation; PICU: Pediatric intensive care unit; PRISM: Pediatric risk mortality score.