|
Parameter
|
Boys (n = 12)
|
Girls (n = 8)
|
p-valueb
|
|---|
|
Mean
|
SD
|
Range
|
Mean
|
SD
|
Range
|
(Boys vs Girls)
|
|---|
|
Age (years)
|
10.8
|
3.7
|
6–17
|
9.6
|
2.7
|
6–14
|
.4424
|
|
%TBSA burned
|
18.3
|
8.4
|
10–37
|
13.5
|
2.8
|
10–17
|
.1391
|
|
full thickness burns
|
(8/12)
| | |
(5/8)
| | | |
|
lower extremity involved
|
(11/12)
| | |
(5/8)
| | | |
|
inhalation injury
|
(0/12)
| | |
(0/8)
| | | |
|
Surgeries (#)a
|
1
| |
0–7
|
1
| |
0–2
| |
|
Time post burn (years)
|
3.0
|
1.4
|
1–5
|
3.0
|
0.7
|
1–4
|
> .99
|
|
Length of stay (days)
|
25.8
|
7.9
|
18–42
|
27.3
|
11.8
|
16–55
|
.7362
|
- Abbreviations: %TBSA percentage of total body surface area, # number, amode instead of mean ± SD. b independent sample T-tests
