Button Gastrostomy Tubes for Pediatric Patients: A Tertiary Care Center Experience

Table 1

Comparison between the neurological indications for button gastrostomy tubes for 30 pediatric patients and other indications in term of gender, nationality, and age category.

Variable		Neurological indications (56.7%)	Other indications (43.3%)	value
Gender	Male	10 (58.8)	8 (61.5)	0.590^†
	Female	7 (41.2)	5 (38.5)
Nationality	Bahraini	17 (100)	12 (92.3)	0.433^†
	Non-Bahraini	0.0 (0.0)	1.0 (0.7)
Age, mean (SD^§)				0.606^‡ (CI^††-3.06-5.15)
Age category, year				0.713^§§
	1-5	2.0 (11.8)	2.0 (15.4)
	6-10	5.0 (29.4)	3.0 (23.1)
	11-15	5.0 (29.4)	6.0 (46.1)
	>15	5.0 (29.4)	2.0 (15.4)

Data presented as number and percentage. Metabolic, renal, gastrointestinal disorders, and others, ^†Fisher’s Exact test, ^§standard deviation, ^‡Student test, ^††confidence interval, and ^§§Pearson chi-square.