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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients involved in the study

From: Short-term exposure to ambient fine particulate pollution aggravates ventilator-associated pneumonia in pediatric intensive care patients undergoing cardiovascular surgeries

Among all cases (n = 1755)

 Age, y

0.8(0.3, 2)

  0–1 years(No, proportion)

1280 (72.934%)

  1–2 years (No, proportion)

168 (9.573%)

  2–3 years (No, proportion)

129 (7.35%)

  3–4 years (No, proportion)

69 (3.932%)

  4–5 years (No, proportion)

60 (3.419%)

  5–6 years (No, proportion)

49 (2.792%)

 Gender (M, proportion)

936 (53.333%)

 BMI, kg/m2 (mean, sd)

15.003 ± 2.41

 RACHS

  1

73 (4.16%)

  2

1268 (72.25%)

  3

218 (12.422%)

  4

175 (9.915%)

  5

21 (1.2%)

 PH (No, proportion)

255(14.53%)

 Down syndrome (No, proportion)

24(1.368%)

 Season of surgery (No, proportion)

  Winter (Dec-Mar)

337 (19.202%)

  Spring (Mar-Jun)

505 (28.775%)

  Summer (Jun-Sep)

484 (27.578%)

  Autumn (Sep-Dec)

429 (24.444%)

 Atmospheric pollutants

  AQI (daily average)

116 (81,138)

  PM2.5 (daily average)

58 (39,89)

  PM10 (daily average)

118 (84,169)

  SO2 (daily average)

26 (15,46)

  O3 (8-h average)

98 (55,150)

  Tmax (daily average)

22 (10,30)

  Tmin (daily average)

10 (-1,19)

  Humidity

54 (39,68.75)

 VAP (No, proportion)

348 (19.829%)

 Mortality (No, proportion)

  Hospital mortality

57 (3.248%)

  90 day-mortality

68 (3.87%)

  Ventilation (hours)

24 (6, 70)

  ICU stay (days)

3.88 (2.0,6.67)

  Postoperative hospital stay (days)

9 (7, 13)

  1. Data are median (IQR) or n/N (%)
  2. VAP Ventilator-associated pneumonia, ICU Intensive care unit, BMI Body mass index, RACHS Risk Adjustment for Congenital Heart Surgery, PH Pulmonary Hypertension, PM2.5 Particulate matter with diameter ≤ 2.5 µm, PM10 Particulate matter with diameter ≤ 10 µm, SO2 Sulfur dioxide, O3 Ozone, Tmax Daily maximum temperature of day, Tmin Daily minimum temperature of day