Table 1 Patient characteristics.
Variables | Recruited patients | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention sites | Control sites | |||
Period one | Period two | Period one | Period two | |
N = 104 | N = 56 | N = 103 | N = 82 | |
Age at admission (months) | ||||
Median (IQR) | 7 (48) | 5 (18) | 7 (43) | 5 (25) |
Mean (SD) | 31.5 (46.5) | 25.0 (45.3) | 33.3 (52.5) | 28.0 (49.0) |
Age category at admission | ||||
< 1 year | 55/101 (54.5%) | 34/55 (61.8%) | 55/100 (55.0%) | 53/79 (67.1%) |
1 years | 13/101 (12.9%) | 9/55 (16.4%) | 15/100 (15.0%) | 5/79 (6.3%) |
2–4 years | 8/101 (7.9%) | 3/55 (5.5%) | 9/100 (9.0%) | 7/79 (8.9%) |
5–9 years | 15/101 (14.9%) | 5/55 (9.1%) | 9/100 (9.0%) | 6/79 (7.6%) |
10–16 years | 10/101 (9.9%) | 4/55 (7.3%) | 12/100 (12.0%) | 8/79 (10.1%) |
Sex | ||||
Male | 58/101 (57.4%) | 38/55 (69.1%) | 64/100 (64.0%) | 49/79 (62.0%) |
Female | 43/101 (42.6%) | 17/55 (30.9%) | 36/100 (36.0%) | 30/79 (38.0%) |
Ethnic category | ||||
Asian | 12/101 (11.9%) | 8/55 (14.5%) | 5/100 (5.0%) | 4/79 (5.1%) |
Black | 9/101 (8.9%) | 1/55 (1.8%) | 2/100 (2.0%) | 3/79 (3.8%) |
Chinese | 0/101 (0.0%) | 1/55 (1.8%) | 0/100 (0.0%) | 0/79 (0.0%) |
Mixed | 6/101 (5.9%) | 1/55 (1.8%) | 3/100 (3.0%) | 6/79 (7.6%) |
White | 55/101 (54.5%) | 36/55 (65.5%) | 63/100 (63.0%) | 41/79 (51.9%) |
Other | 8/101 (7.9%) | 3/55 (5.5%) | 2/100 (2.0%) | 0/79 (0.0%) |
Unknown | 11/101 (10.9%) | 5/55 (9.1%) | 25/100 (25.0%) | 25/79 (31.6%) |
PIM3 predicted risk of PICU mortality (%) | ||||
Median (IQR) | 4 (7) | 3 (5) | 2 (4) | 2 (5) |
Mean (SD) | 5.8 (7.5) | 6.3 (12.6) | 4.2 (7.8) | 5.7 (11.9) |
