Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants according to their nutrition status (nourished or malnourished).
| All n = 608 | Nourished (SGA A) n (%) = 358 (58.9) |
Malnourished (SGA B or C) n (%) = 250 (41.1) |
p Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median (IQR) | 61.6 (49.1–72.2) | 59.2 (48.0–70.5) | 63.4 (50.9–73.3) | 0.009 | |||
| Gender (female), n (%), 95% CI | 294 (48.4) | 44.3–52.4 | 179 (50.0) | 44.7–55.3 | 115 (46.0) | 39.7–52.4 | 0.331 |
| Indigenous status (Indigenous Australian) n (%) 95% CI | 271 (44.6) | 40.6–48.6 | 146 (53.9) | 47.7–59.9 | 125 (46.1) | 40.1–52.3 | 0.024 |
| BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR) | 26.3 (21.6–31.2) | 28.8 (25.4–34.2) | 21.6 (18.8–25.4) | <0.001 | |||
| APACHE III, median (IQR) | 30 (20–30) | 27 (19–36) | 34 (24–44) | <0.001 | |||
| CCI, median (IQR) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–4) | <0.001 | |||