Table 1.
General and nutritional characteristics at ICU admission.
| Nutritional Status |
p-valueb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | All patients N = 38a |
No malnutrition N = 31 (82%)a |
Malnutrition N = 7 (18%)a |
|
| Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Age (years) | 66 [59, 72] | 64 [58, 71] | 71 [65, 74] | 0.181 |
| Male sex | 29 (76%) | 22 (71%) | 7 (100%) | 0.164 |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 21 (55%) | 16 (52%) | 5 (71%) | 0.427 |
| CKD, n (%) | 10 (26%) | 8 (26%) | 2 (29%) | 1.0 |
| Dyslipidemia, n (%) | 8 (21%) | 8 (26%) | 0 (0%) | 0.307 |
| History of neoplasia, n (%) | 4 (11%) | 3 (9.7%) | 1 (14%) | 1.0 |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 15 (39%) | 13 (42%) | 2 (29%) | 0.681 |
| COPD, n (%) | 4 (11%) | 3 (9.7%) | 1 (14%) | 1.0 |
| Active smoker, n (%) | 5 (13%) | 3 (9.7%) | 2 (29%) | 0.223 |
| Anthropometric characteristics | ||||
| Usual weight (kg) | 84 [72, 95] | 80 [73, 93] | 95 [79, 96] | 0.336 |
| Weight (kg) | 82 [75, 91] | 83 [76, 92] | 81 [73, 88] | 0.510 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 27.8 [25.5, 30.7] | 28.6 [25.6, 31.2] | 27.1 [22.0, 28.2] | 0.094 |
| Overweight, n (%) | 22 (58%) | 18 (58%) | 4 (57%) | 1.0 |
| Obesity, n (%) | 10 (26%) | 10 (32%) | 0 (0%) | 0.156 |
Results are expressed by median [interquartile range] for continuous data and n (%) for categorial data. P-values shown result from Wilcoxon test for continuous data and Fisher's exact test for categorial data between 2 categories of nutritional status.
Abbreviations: BMI: Body Mass Index; COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; CKD: Chronic Kidney Disease; Obesity: BMI≥30 kg/m2; Overweight: BMI≥25 kg/m2.
a
Median [IQR]; n (%).
b
Mann-Whithney test; Fisher's exact test.