Table 1 Toddler and poison incident characteristics compared by the composite mean of Poison Severity Score

165 (100.0)

0.16 ± 0.21

(0.13-0.19)

Sex

 Male

96 (58.2)

0.18 ± 0.23

(0.13-0.23)

 Female

69 (41.8)

0.16 ± 0.16

(0.12-0.20)

t = 0.554, p = 0.580

Age of the toddler

 1–2 years

119 (72.1)

0.18 ± 0.22

(0.14-0.22)

 2.-3 years

46 (27.9)

0.14 ± 0.16

(0.09-0.19)

t = 1.021, p = 0.309

BMI Percentile

 Underweight (<5^th)

5 (4.4)

0.13 ± 0.14

(0.01-0.25)

 Normal weight (5^th-85^th)

80 (70.2)

0.17 ± 0.21

(0.12-0.22)

 Over weight (86^th – 94^th)

14 (12.3)

0.10 ± 0.16

(0.02-0.18)

 Obese (≥95^th)

15 (13.1)

0.15 ± 0.15

(0.07-0.23)

F = 0.657, df = 3, p = 0.569

Substance type

 Drug

99 (60.0)

0.15 ± 0.18

(0.11-0.19)

 Chemical

66 (40.0)

0.19 ± 0.24

(0.13-0.25)

t = −1.308, p = 0.193

Witnessed incident

 None

25 (15.2)

0.18 ± 0.22

(0.09-0.27)

 Yes

140 (84.8)

0.17 ± 0.20

(0.14-0.20)

t = −0.348, p = 0.728

Home management

 None

120 (62.7)

0.15 ± 0.17

(0.12-0.18)

 Yes

45 (27.3)

0.23 ± 0.27

(0.15-0.31)

t = 2.051, p = 0.045*

Arrival time to ED

 <1 hour

71 (43.0)

0.17 ± 0.22

(0.12-0.22)

 1–2 hours

49 (29.7)

0.13 ± 0.20

(0.07-0.20)

 >2 hours

45 (27.3)

0.21 ± 0.18

(0.16-0.26)

F = 1.633, df = 2, p = 0.199