Table 3.
Anthropometry and weight loss in adult patients.
| Total n=437 |
OUH n=315 |
UNN n=122 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight registered (n) | 317 | 209 | 108 | |
| Weight in kg (mean, SD) | 75.2 ± 17.2 | 75.0 ± 16.5 | 75.5 ± 18.7 | ns |
| Height registered (n) | 307 | 202 | 105 | |
| Height in m (mean, SD) | 1.71 ± 0.10 | 1.73 ± 0.10 | 1.68 ± 0.10 | <0.001 |
| BMI calculated (n) | 290 | 186 | 105 | |
| BMI in kg/m2 (mean, SD) | 25.7 ± 5.5 | 25.9 ± 4.7 | 26.7 ± 6.7 | 0.013 |
| BMI category (n, %) | ||||
| Total (n) | 290 | 186 | 104 | |
| ≥22 | 222 (76.6) | 141 (75.8) | 81 (77.9) | |
| 20-21.9 kg/m2 | 34 (11.7) | 19 (10.2) | 15 (14.4) | ns |
| 18.5-19.9 kg/m2 | 19 (6.6) | 15 (8.1) | 4 (3.8) | |
| 16.1-18.4 kg/m2 | 9 (3.1) | 7 (3.8) | 2 (1.9) | |
| ≤16 kg/m2 | 6 (2.1) | 4 (2.2) | 2 (1.9) | |
| Involuntary weight loss (n, %) | ||||
| Total (n) | 316 | 215 | 101 | |
| Yes | 118 (37.3) | 84 (39.1) | 34 (33.7) | ns |
| No | 186 (58.9) | 126 (58.6) | 60 (59.4) | |
| Don’t know | 12 (3.8) | 5 (2.3) | 7 (6.9) | |
| If yes, % weight loss (n, %) | ||||
| < 5% | 25 (18.2) | 18 (21.4) | 7 (20.6) | ns |
| 5-10% | 21 (17.8) | 18 (21.4) | 3 (8.8) | |
| >10% | 38 (32.2) | 27 (32.1) | 11 (32.4) | |
| Don´t know | 34 (28.8) | 21 (25.0) | 13 (38.2) | |
| Food intake last week (n, %) | ||||
| Total (n) | 311 | 215 | 96 | |
| Normal | 124 (39.9) | 80 (37.2) | 44 (45.8) | ns |
| A bit less than normal | 90 (28.9) | 61 (28.4) | 29 (30.2) | |
| Less than 50% of normal | 38 (12.2) | 26 (12.1) | 12 (12.5) | |
| Less than 25% of normal | 59 (19.0) | 48 (22.3) | 11 (11.5) | |
| Amount eaten at a meal at | ||||
| NutritionDay (n, %) | ||||
| Total (n) | 294 | 201 | 93 | |
| Everything | 135 (45.9) | 86 (42.8) | 49 (52.7) | ns |
| About 50% | 57 (19.4) | 41 (20.4) | 16 (17.2) | |
| About 25% | 31 (10.5) | 23 (11.4) | 8 (8.6) | |
| Nothing | 71 (24.1) | 51 (25.4) | 20 (21.5) |
OUH: Oslo University Hospital; UNN: University Hospital of North Norway; SD: standard deviation.