Table 3.
Energy and protein prescription and estimated intake on hospitalization days 2, 4, and 6 (n = 77)
| Energy and protein | Hospitalization time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 2 (Baseline) | Day 4 | Day 6 | |
| Energy (kcal/day) | |||
| Prescribed | 2007.8 (1829.7–2287.4) | 2196.0 (2025.2–2519.2) | 2161.8 (1950.6–2537.6) |
| Consumed | 1269.7 (907.7–1996.6) | 1387.1 (1037.3–2105.4) | 1184.9 (876.2–1974.5) |
| Median of the differences | 867.3 (0–1203.3) | 932.0 (0–1241.8) | 1012.3 (0–1333.7) |
| p-value* | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| Energy (kcal/kg/day) | |||
| Prescribed | 33.7 (28.6–40.8) | 36.5 (29.8–43.1) | 36.4 (29.2–43.9) |
| Consumed | 20.7 (11.7–32.9) | 24.9 (15.8–33.4) | 19.9 (12.7–31.6) |
| Median of the differences | 10.7 (0–20.3) | 13.7 (0–21.6) | 14.1 (0–24) |
| p-value* | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| Proteins (g/day) | |||
| Prescribed | 97.9 (87.3–110.7) | 108.7 (97.1–117.7) | 109.2 (93.4–120.2) |
| Consumed | 55.4 (38.7–96.4) | 59.1 (49.1–101.1) | 57.4 (39.8–92.6) |
| Median of the differences | 35.2 (0–55.3) | 42.7 (0–58.3) | 50.1 (0–65.9) |
| p-value* | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| Proteins (g/kg/dia) | |||
| Prescribed | 1.6 (1.37–1.94) | 1.7 (1.5–2.1) | 1.7 (1.5–2.1) |
| Consumed | 1.0 (0.6–1.6) | 1.1 (0.8–1.6) | 0.9 (0.6–1.5) |
| Median of the differences | 0.4 (0–1.0) | 0.6 (0–1.0) | 0.8 (0–1.2) |
| p-value* | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0,001 |
*Wilcoxon test