From: Characteristics and risk factors associated with critical illness in pediatric COVID-19
 | Total cohort (N = 77) | Floor patients (N = 47) | PICU low acuity (n = 16)a | PICU organ dysfunction (n = 14)b |
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Demographic data | ||||
 Age (n, %) | ||||
  Age < 60 days | 20 (26) | 16 (34) | 3 (19) | 1 (7) |
  Age 60 days to  < 5 years | 10 (13) | 6 (13) | 2 (13) | 2 (14) |
  Age 5 years to < 12 years | 9 (12) | 7 (15) | 0 | 2 (14) |
  Age >  = 12 years | 38 (49) | 18 (38) | 11 (69) | 9 (64) |
 Female sex (n, %) | 40 (53) | 23 (49) | 9 (56) | 8 (57) |
 BMI (percentile, n, %)c,d | ||||
  Underweight (< 5th percentile) | 2 (4) | 2 (8) | 0 | 0 |
  Normal weight (5–85th percentile) | 26 (58) | 13 (52) | 7 (78) | 6 (55) |
  Overweight (85–95th percentile) | 5 (11) | 3 (12) | 1 (11) | 1 (9) |
  Obese (> 95th percentile) | 12 (27) | 7 (28) | 1 (11) | 4 (36) |
 Race (n, %) | ||||
  Black | 22 (29) | 10 (21) | 7 (44) | 5 (38) |
  White | 15 (19) | 12 (26) | 3 (19) | 0 |
  Asian | 9 (12) | 5 (11) | 1 (6) | 3 (21) |
  Multiracial/other | 28 (36) | 17 (36) | 5 (31) | 6 (43) |
  Unknown | 3 (4) | 3 (6) | 0 | 0 |
 Ethnicity (n, %) | ||||
  Hispanic | 18 (23) | 9 (19) | 3 (19) | 6 (43) |
  Non-Hispanic | 55 (71) | 37 (79) | 11 (69) | 7 (50) |
  Unknown | 4 (5) | 1 (2) | 2 (13) | 1 (7) |
 Comorbidities (n, %) | ||||
  Prematurity | 7 (9) | 6 (13) | 1 (6) | 0 |
  Respiratory disease | 16 | 8 (17) | 5 | 3 (21) |
  Congenital heart disease | 5 (6) | 2 (4) | 2 (13) | 1 (7) |
  Diabetes mellitus | 5 (6) | 2 (4) | 2 (13) | 1 (7) |
  Immunosuppression | 9 (12) | 6 (13) | 2 (13) | 1 (7) |
  Autoimmune disorder | 2 (3) | 1 (2) | 1 (6) | 0 |
  Bone marrow transplant | 2 (3) | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 (2) |
  Kidney disease | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 |
  Cancer | 5 (6) | 3 (6) | 1 (6) | 1 (7) |
  Genetic disorder | 7 (9) | 2 (4) | 1 (6) | 4 (29) |