Table 2 Demographics and medical characteristics of participants included in the physical growth analysis

Demographics

Age upon PICU admission

  Median (IQR)—years

1.7 (0.2–5.4)

1.5 (0.2–5.5)

0.97

  Mean (SD)—years

3.5 (4.4)

3.7 (4.7)

Age at 2-year follow-up

  Median (IQR)—years

3.5 (2.6–7.3)

3.3 (2.6–7.5)

0.66

  Mean (SD)—years

5.6 (4.2)

5.8 (4.6)

Age at 4-year follow-up

  Median (IQR)—years

5.4 (4.4–9.2)

5.2 (4.4–9.3)

0.83

  Mean (SD)—years

7.5 (4.3)

7.7 (4.6)

Gender

  Male—no (%)

178 (53.8)

370 (59.0)

0.15

  Female—no (%)

153 (46.2)

257 (41.0)

Known non-Caucasian race^a—no (%)

23 (7.0)

48 (7.7)

0.68

Known non-European origin^a—no (%)

39 (11.8)

105 (16.8)

0.03

Medical characteristics

Height upon PICU admission—mean (SD)—cm

90.4 (35.0)

89.0 (36.5)

0.56

Weight upon PICU admission—mean (SD)—kg

16.1 (14.6)

15.4 (15.1)

0.47

STRONGkids risk level^b

–

  Medium—no (%)

NA

560 (89.3)

–

  High—no (%)

NA

67 (10.7)

–

PeLOD score, first 24 h in PICU^c—mean (SD)

NA

21.4 (11.4)

–

PIM3 score^d – mean (SD)

NA

-3.5 (1.3)

–

PIM3 probability of death^e (%)—mean (SD)

NA

6.3 (11.4)

–

Diagnostic category

–

 Surgical

  Abdominal—no (%)

NA

49 (7.8)

  Burns—no (%)

NA

2 (0.3)

  Cardiac—no (%)

NA

287 (45.8)

  Neurosurgery-Traumatic brain injury—no (%)

NA

53 (8.5)

  Thoracic—no (%)

NA

33 (5.3)

  Transplantation—no (%)

NA

11 (1.8)

  Orthopaedic surgery-Trauma—no (%)

NA

30 (4.8)

  Other—no (%)

NA

22 (3.5)

 Medical

  Cardiac—no (%)

NA

21 (3.6)

  Gastrointestinal-Hepatic—no (%)

NA

3 (0.5)

  Oncologic-Haematologic—no (%)

NA

3 (0.5)

  Neurologic—no (%)

NA

38 (6.1)

  Renal—no (%)

NA

0 (0.0)

  Respiratory—no (%)

NA

48 (7.7)

  Other—no (%)

NA

27 (4.3)

Malignancy—no (%)

0 (0.0)

34 (5.4)

 < 0.0001

Syndrome^f—no (%)

1 (0.3)

113 (18.0)

 < 0.0001