Table 4:
Functional Status Metrics by late LCNP status (n=889)
| Variables | Patients with LCNP n (%) | Patients without LCNP n (%) | P-value | Crude OR (95%CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Feeding Tube | < 0.001 | |||
| No | 25 (71.4) | 819 (98.1) | Reference | |
| Yes | 10 (28.6) | 16 (1.9) | 20.5 (8.6 to 48.9) | |
| Normalcy Diet | < 0.001 | |||
| Full Diet no restrictions | 6 (18.2) | 357 (43.7) | Reference | |
| Full Diet with liquid assist | 8 (24.2) | 315 (38.5) | 3.5 (1.5 to 8.3) | |
| Solid food but avoid some hard to eat foods | 10 (30.3) | 96 (11.7) | ||
| Soft chewable foods | 2 (6.1) | 33 (4.0) | ||
| Non-chewable or pureed foods | 1 (3.0) | 3 (0.4) | ||
| Warm and cold liquids | 2 (6.1) | 10 (1.2) | ||
| Not eat or drink anything by mouth | 4 (12.1) | 4 (0.5) | ||
| Public Eating | < 0.001 | |||
| No restriction of place/food/companion | 8 (25.8) | 582 (70.3) | Reference | |
| No restriction of place, but restrict diet in public | 14 (45.2) | 191 (23.1) | 6.8 (3.1 to 15.1) | |
| In presence of selected person in selected places | 7 (22.6) | 36 (4.3) | ||
| Only eat at home with selected persons | 1 (3.2) | 14 (1.7) | ||
| Always eat alone | 1 (3.2) | 5 (0.6) | ||
| Aspiration Pneumonia | < 0.001 | |||
| No | 21 (67.7) | 741 (98.0) | Reference | |
| Yes | 10 (32.3) | 15 (2.0) | 23.5 (9.6 to 57.6) | |
| Weight loss | 0.050 | |||
| No | 4 (11.4) | 202 (24.4) | Reference | |
| Yes | 31 (88.6) | 626 (75.6) | 2.5 (0.9 to 6.9) | |
| Change in Weight; mean, median (range)a | 22.9, 16.8(14.2,87.8) | 13.3, 9.4(103.1,164.6) | 0.005 | |
| % Change in Weight; mean ± SD, median, (range)b | 11.7±10.4, 9.9(−7.9,33.4) | 6.0 ±10.7, 5.1(−96.4, 43.4) | 0.002 | |
| Understandability of Speech | < 0.001 | |||
| Always understandable | 6 (17.6) | 528 (63.3) | Reference | |
| Understandable most of the time | 16 (47.1) | 269 (32.3) | 8.1 (3.4 to 19.2) | |
| Usually understandable | 3 (8.8) | 19 (2.3) | ||
| Difficult to understand | 8 (23.5) | 17 (2.0) | ||
| Never understandable | 1 (2.9) | 1 (0.1) | ||
| Tracheostomy | 0.001 | |||
| No | 31 (91.2) | 834 (99.6) | Reference | |
| Yes | 3 (8.8) | 3 (0.4) | 26.9(6.0 to 121.7) | |
| Dilation/ Stricture | < 0.001 | |||
| No | 31 (86.11) | 842 (98.71) | Reference | |
| Yes | 5 (13.89) | 11 (1.29) | 12.3 (4.2 to 36.3) |
P values estimated by Fishers Exact Test.
a, b
P values estimated by Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test. Odds Ratio for normalcy of diet calculated with full diet no restrictions as reference category and all other categories collapsed. Odds Ratio for public eating calculated with no restriction of place/food/companion as reference category and all other categories collapsed. Odds Ratio for understandability of speech calculated with always understandable as reference category and all other categories collapsed.