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Table 3 Bivariate and nonparametric analysis of outcome measurement in postoperative children after elective surgery

From: Impact of malnutrition on the outcome and length of hospital stay in elective pediatric surgical patients: prospective cohort study at tertiary hospitals in Ethiopia

 

Post-operative complication

Length of hospital stay1

 

n (%)

p-value

Mean ± SD

p- Value

Age (month)

 

0·607

 

0·864

≤ 12

6(27·3)

 

7·8(1.52)

 

> 12

19(22·1)

 

5·8(0.46)

 

Sex2

 

0·767

 

0·740

Male

20(22·5)

 

6·0(0·51)

 

Female

5(26·3)

 

7·3(1·31)

 

Diagnosis

 

0·959

 

0·150

GI

11(22·9)

 

7·5(0.86)

 

others

14(23·3)

 

5·2(0.46)

 

Hemoglobin

 

0·697

 

0·396

< 10 g/dl

6(27·3)

 

8·2(1·56)

 

≥ 10 g/dl

16(23·2)

 

5·62(0·52)

 

Subjective assessment2

 

0·461

 

0·938

well

20(21·1)

 

5·96(0·46)

 

Moderate/sever

4 (33·3)

 

7·9(2·4)

 

Prealbumin

 

0·948

 

0·211

< 0.17 g/l

6(19·4)

 

6·7(0·94)

 

≥ 0.17 g/l

7(20·0)

 

4·8(0·63)

 

Albumin2

 

0·377

 

0·94

< 3.5 g/dl

1(50·0)

 

11(14·14)

 

≥ 3.5 g/dl

13(20·0)

 

5.5(3·61)

 

Nutritional Status

 

0·386

 

0·770

Well-nourished

12(20·0)

 

5·7(0·46)

 

Malnourished

13(27·1)

 

6·9(0·9)

 
  1. 1P values determined by Mann-Whitney nonparametric test.2Exact fisher tests were done for values < 5 in chi-square analysis
  2. Bivariate and nonparametric analysis of outcome measurement and impact of their nutritional status on postoperative course in 109 children after elective surgery at Tikur Anbessa and Menellek II tertiary Hospitals, Ethiopia from Oct.2019 to Mar.2020