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. 2023 May 29;15(11):2531. doi: 10.3390/nu15112531

Table 1.

The demographic information of NST cohort and two subgroups.

NST Cohort
n (%)
Comparative Analysis of
Subgroups
M-NST
n (%)
C-NST
n (%)
p-Value
No. of patients 70,665 50,010 7591 -
No. of patients per 1000 inpatients 14.13 10.00 1.52 -
Gender Male 40,190 (56.9) 28,796 (57.6) 4383 (57.7) p < 0.001
Female 30,475 (43.1) 21,214 (42.4) 3208 (42.3)
Age <5 4995 (7.1) 262 (0.5) 3208 (42.3) p < 0.001
5–9 390 (0.6) 158 (0.3) 67 (0.9)
10–14 367 (0.5) 205 (0.4) 47 (0.6)
15–19 590 (0.8) 419 (0.8) 76 (1.0)
20–24 636 (0.9) 485 (1.0) 48 (0.6)
25–29 635 (0.9) 516 (1.0) 34 (0.4)
30–34 965 (1.4) 746 (1.5) 60 (0.8)
35–39 1235 (1.7) 955 (1.9) 108 (1.4)
40–44 1830 (2.6) 1397 (2.8) 150 (2.0)
45–49 3045 (4.3) 2299 (4.6) 222 (2.9)
50–54 4228 (6.0) 3270 (6.5) 312 (4.1)
55–59 6048 (8.6) 4718 (9.4) 455 (6.0)
60–64 6636 (9.4) 5167 (10.3) 547 (7.2)
65–69 6945 (9.8) 5337 (10.7) 560 (7.4)
70–74 8323 (11.8) 6348 (12.7) 572 (7.5)
≥75 23,797 (33.7) 17,728 (35.4) 1125 (14.8)
No. of reimbursements 91,384 60,916 9343 -
No. of reimbursements
per 1000 inpatients
18.28 12.18 1.87 -
Medical
department
Internal medicine 44,978 (49.2) 33,395 (54.8) 2807 (30.0) p < 0.001
Gastroenterology 11,659 (12.8) 9205 (15.1) 812 (8.7)
Cardiology 3364 (3.7) 1927 (3.2) 165 (1.8)
Pulmonology 11,888 (13.0) 8627 (14.2) 544 (5.8)
Nephrology 4175 (4.6) 2765 (4.5) 170 (1.8)
Hemato-oncology 9254 (10.1) 7954 (13.1) 868 (9.3)
Infection 2439 (2.7) 1619 (2.7) 89 (1.0)
Other IMs 2199 (2.4) 1298 (2.1) 159 (1.7)
Neuropsychiatry 4851 (5.3) 2462 (4.0) 124 (1.3)
General surgery 12,628 (13.8) 10,699 (17.6) 1304 (14.0)
Neurosurgery 8998 (9.8) 6114 (10.0) 233 (2.5)
Chest surgery 2455 (2.7) 1692 (2.8) 360 (3.9)
Pediatrics 8076 (8.8) 991 (1.6) 3997 (42.8)
Others 9398 (10.3) 5563 (9.1) 518 (5.5)
Admission route Outpatients 37,074 (40.6) 23,477 (38.5) 5086 (54.4) p < 0.001
Emergency 50,847 (55.6) 34,871 (57.2) 3980 (42.6)
Transfer from
other institutions
3463 (3.8) 2568 (4.2) 277 (3.0)
Clinical
outcomes
Continuation 26,863 (29.4) 17,163 (28.2) 3553 (38.0) p < 0.001
Death 9429 (10.3) 7683 (12.6) 891 (9.5)
Discharge 49,059 (53.7) 32,411 (53.2) 4507 (48.2)
Others 6033 (6.6) 3659 (6.0) 392 (4.2)
Days of hospitalization (mean ± SD) 20.8 ± 15.0 21.2 ± 15.0 26.2 ± 17.3 p < 0.001
Days of care (mean ± SD) 28.7 ± 18.7 28.5 ± 18.0 32.4 ± 20.6 p < 0.001
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