Statistical Risk Characteristics and Risk Scoring of Hospital-Acquired Malnutrition for Pediatric Patients

Table 4

Empirical probability of weight increase or decrease for pediatric patients.

WeightDiff category	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Increase more than 2%	0.028	0.042	0.051	0.056
Increase up to 2%	0.015	0.023	0.030	0.044
No weight difference	0.864	0.783	0.742	0.693
Decrease up to 2%	0.076	0.120	0.126	0.131
Decrease more than 2%	0.020	0.033	0.052	0.089