Table 1 Characteristics of children admitted to emergency department and bivariate associations between covariates and body mass index
Variable | Total n = 2688 | BMI < 85th n = 1787 (66.5%) | BMI ≥ 85th - < 95th n = 538 (20%) | BMI ≥ 95th n = 363 (13.5%) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group | |||||
School children | 1637 (60.9%) | 1025 (57.4%) | 352 (65.4%) | 260 (71.6%) | < 0.001 |
Adolescents | 1051 (39.1%) | 762 (42.6%) | 186 (34.6%) | 103 (28.4%) | |
Gender | |||||
Male | 1509(56.1%) | 937 (52.4%) | 312 (58%) | 260 (71.6%) | < 0.001 |
Female | 1179 (43.9%) | 850 (47.6%) | 226 (42%) | 103 (28.4%) | |
Ethnic groups | |||||
Italian | 2464 (91.7%) | 1640 (91.8%) | 491 (91.3%) | 333 (91.7%) | 0.93 |
Others | 224 (8.3%) | 147 (8.2%) | 47 (8.7%) | 30 (8.3%) | |
Symptom onset (days) | |||||
(mean ± SD) | 3.81 ± 7.1 | 3. 81 ± 7.2 | 3.82 ± 7.3 | 3.81 ± 6.3 | 0.09 |
Emergency triage code | |||||
Yellow | 141 (5.2) | 96 (5.4%) | 25 (4.6%) | 20 (5.5%) | 0.78 |
Green-White | 2547 (94.8%) | 1691 (94.6%) | 513 (95.4%) | 343 (94.5%) | |
Number of emergency department visits per year | |||||
(mean ± SD) | 3.42 ± 3.74 | 3.35 ± 3.475 | 3.51 ± .311 | 3.65 ± 4.08 | 0.77 |
Abdomen circumference (cm) | |||||
(mean ± SD) | 73.27 ± 12.01 | 69.11 ± 9.26 | 77.90 ± 10.81 | 86.88 ± 13.11 | < 0.001 |
Diagnostic categories | |||||
Injury | 746 (27.7%) | 500 (27.9%) | 154 (28.6%) | 92 (25.3%) | 0.79 |
All others | 1942 (72.3%) | 1282 (72.1%) | 384 (71.4%) | 271 (74.6%) | |
Outcome | |||||
Discharge | 2458 (91.4%) | 1637 (91.6%) | 488 (90.7%) | 333 (91.7%) | 0.78 |
Hospitalization | 230 (8.6%) | 150 (8.4%) | 50 (9.3%) | 30 (8.3%) | |
Length of hospital staying (days) | |||||
(mean ± SD) | 0.53 ± 5.4 | 0.37 ± 1.655 | 1.10 ± 11.506 | 0.41 ± 2.08 | 0.021 |