Table 2.
| Variable | Six months |
One year |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malnourished | At Risk for Malnutrition |
Normal Nutritional Status |
P- value |
Malnourished | At Risk for Malnutrition |
Normal Nutritional Status |
P- value |
|
| ENTIRE SAMPLE | ||||||||
| Hospitalization | 4 (26.7) | 27 (38.0) | 11 (18) | .040* | 6 (37.5) | 37 (46.3) | 20 (30.3) | .430 |
| Times admitted to hospital | 0.7 ± 1.6 | 0.6 ± 0.9 | 0.2 ± 0.5 | .045* | 0.8 ± 1.5 | 0.8 ± 1.1 | 0.5 ± 1.2 | .318 |
| # of days hospitalized | 2.9 ± 5.9 | 5.1 ± 12.9 | 1.5 ± 4.0 | .102 | 4.5 ± 8.4 | 7.0 ± 14.8 | 2.3 ± 4.9 | .049* |
| Nursing home stay | 2 (12.5) | 3 (4.1) | 1 (1.6) | .141 | 2 (12.5) | 6 (7.6) | 2 (3.0) | .288 |
| # of days in nursing home | 3.0 ± 11.7 | 1 ± 7.4 | 3.0± 23.0 | .761 | 14± 45.7 | 5 ± 23.3 | 5.5 ± 31.1 | .519 |
| Doctor visit | 15 (100) | 68 (93.2) | 59 (96.7) | .413 | 16 (100) | 77 (96.3) | 65 (97.0) | .729 |
| # of doctor visits | 3.3 ± 2.3 | 4.3 ± 3.1 | 4.7 ± 6.6 | .572 | 6.2 ± 6.0 | 6.7 ± 5.1 | 6.6 ± 6.6 | .950 |
| Emergency room visit | 3 (20) | 33 (45.2) | 17 (27.9) | .047* | 6 (37.5) | 44 (55.0) | 28 (41.8) | .191 |
| # of emergency room visits |
0.3 ± 0.6 | 1.6 ± 7.2 | 0.3 ± 0.6 | .342 | 0.4 ± 0.6 | 1.8 ± 7.0 | 0.6 ± 0.9 | .313 |
| Receipt of home health care |
6 (40) | 31 (42.5) | 15 (24.6) | .088 | 8(50) | 36 (45) | 21 (31.8) | .189 |
| Receipt of home health aide |
5 (33.3) | 12 (16.7) | 7 (11.5) | .121 | 7 (43.8) | 16 (20) | 9 (13.8) | .027* |
| Death | 7 (29.2) | 16 (15.8) | 2 (2.7) | .001** | 8 (33.3) | 23 (22.8) | 8 (11.0) | .031* |
| OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE SAMPLE | ||||||||
| Hospitalization | 4(57.1) | 16(43.2) | 7(17.9) | .022* | 4(50.0) | 23(53.5) | 13(30.2) | .084 |
| Times admitted to hospital | 1.4 ± 2.1 | 0.6 ± 0.8 | 0.3 ± 0.6 | .006** | 1.4 ± 2.0 | 1.0 ± 1.2 | 0.4 ± 0.8 | .036* |
| # of days hospitalized | 6.1 ± 10.5 | 7.7 ± 17.0 | 2.0 ± 4.8 | .122 | 6.3± 9.7 | 9.2 ± 17.6 | 3.0 ± 5.6 | .084 |
| Nursing home stay | 2(25.0) | 1(2.6) | 1(2.6) | .017* | 2(25.0) | 4(9.5) | 1(2.3) | .067 |
| # of days in nursing home | 6.4 ± 17.0 | 1.6 ± 10.1 | 4.6 ± 28.8 | .769 | 28.1 ± 63.4 | 7.4 ±29.8 | 4.2 ± 27.4 | .169 |
| Doctor visit | 7(100) | 37(97.4) | 38(97.4) | .911 | 8(100) | 42(97.7) | 43(97.7) | .910 |
| # of doctor visits | 4.0 ± 3.0 | 4.3 ± 2.3 | 5.6 ± 8.0 | .557 | 5.8 ± 4.6 | 6.9 ± 4.4 | 7.3 ± 7.7 | .815 |
| Emergency room visit | 2(28.6) | 18(47.4) | 12(30.8) | .280 | 3(37.5) | 25(58.1) | 19(43.2) | .294 |
| # of emergency room visits |
0.4 ± 0.8 | 2.3 ± 9.8 | 0.4 ± 0.6 | .433 | 0.5 ± 0.8 | 2.6 ± 9.4 | 0.7 ± 1.0 | .354 |
| Receipt of home health care |
3(42.9) | 18(47.4) | 12(30.8) | .322 | 4(50.0) | 20(46.5) | 16(37.2) | .619 |
| Receipt of home health aide |
2(28.6) | 8(21.6) | 6(15.4) | .638 | 3(37.5) | 10(2.23) | 8(19.0) | .514 |
| Death | 1(10.0) | 4(7.8) | 0(0) | .132 | 2(20.0) | 10(19.6) | 5(10.9) | .467 |
1
N (%) (all such values),
2
Mean ± SD (all such values),
*
P<0.05;
**
P<0.01