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Table 1 Demographic data and comorbidities

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

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)

  1. aPICU low acuity defined as pSOFA score < 2
  2. bPICU organ dysfunction defined as pSOFA score >  = 2
  3. cBMI category presented for 45 patients (25 floor, 11 ICU organ days, 9 other). 25 missing under 2 years old, 7 missing older than 2 years
  4. dBMI category for those 20–21 classified as underweight < 18.5, normal 18.5–25, overweight 25–30, obese > 30