Table 3 Length of stay (days, interquartile ranges) in different nutrition risk categories according to three screening tools in 69 inpatients aged 1 month to 17 years in tertiary hospital wards, excluding intensive care units
From: Nutritional risk screening—a cross-sectional study in a tertiary pediatric hospital
Categories | Low | Medium | High | p value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PYMS | 2.5 (1–9) | 4 (2–8) | 12 (2–39) | 0.038 |
STAMP | 2 (1–4) | 3.5 (2–9) | 13.5 (4–51) | 0.001 |
STRONGkids | 4 (1–8) | 4 (2–14) | 12 (6–27) | 0.134 |