Table 2.
Factors associated with the nutritional status at three months after ICU discharge according to GLIM criteria.
| Nutritional Status |
p-valueb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | All patients N = 33a |
No malnutrition N = 13a |
Malnutrition N = 20a |
|
| Demographic characteristics at ICU admission | ||||
| Age (years) | 65 [59, 71] | 60 [56, 67] | 66 [62, 72] | 0.319 |
| Male sex | 26 (79%) | 8 (62%) | 18 (90%) | 0.084 |
| COPD | 4 (12%) | 1 (7.7%) | 3 (15%) | 1.0 |
| History of neoplasia | 2 (6.1%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (10%) | 0.508 |
| Active smoker | 4 (12%) | 1 (7.7%) | 3 (15%) | 1.0 |
| CKD | 10 (30%) | 4 (31%) | 6 (30%) | 1.0 |
| Obesity | 9 (27%) | 3 (23%) | 6 (30%) | 1.0 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 28.6 [25.8, 30.9] | 27.1 [25.0, 29.1] | 28.6 [27.3, 31.0] | 0.136 |
| ICU stay characteristics | ||||
| SAPS2 | 47 [35, 55] | 49 [42, 54] | 46 [35, 56] | 0.825 |
| Duration of IMV (days) | 22 [12, 38] | 13 [11, 24] | 28 [18, 44] | 0.011 |
| Vasopressor | 26 (79%) | 11 (85%) | 15 (75%) | 1.0 |
| Duration of treatment of vasopressor (days) | 4.5 [1.8,8.2] | 4.0 [2.0, 6.0] | 7.0 [2.0, 11.0] | 0.154 |
| Prone positioning | 10 (30%) | 2 (15%) | 8 (40%) | 0.245 |
| KRT | 14 (42%) | 4 (31%) | 10 (50%) | 0.275 |
| Length of ICU stay (days) | 23 [17, 39] | 17 [11, 21] | 32 [22, 48] | 0.006 |
| Anthropometrics at M3 | ||||
| Weight (kg) | 79 [70, 86] | 72 [67, 86] | 80 [73, 86] | 0.357 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.9 [23.8, 28.1] | 26.10 [23.18, 28.24] | 25.71 [24.37, 27.40] | 0.839 |
| Nutritional support | ||||
| Coverage of energy need during ICU (%) | 80 [73, 91] | 80 [74, 88] | 80 [71, 92] | 0.685 |
| Protein intakes during ICU (g/kg/day) | 1.03 [0.87, 1.17] | 1.00 [0.87, 1.06] | 1.10 [0.92, 1.21] | 0.204 |
| Nutritional support within 3 months of ICU discharge | 10 (30%) | 3 (23%) | 7 (35%) | 1.0 |
Results are expressed as median [interquartile range] for continuous data and n (%) for categorial data. P-values result from Wilcoxon test for continuous data and Fisher's exact test for categorial data between the two categories of nutritional status.
Abbreviations:COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; CKD: Chronic Kidney Disease; IMV: Invasive Mechanical Ventilation; KRT: Kidney Replacement Therapy; BMI: Body Mass Index; Obesity: BMI≥30 kg/m2; SAPS2: Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; Nutritional support: oral nutritional supplement or enteral nutrition.
Bold values are significant results.
Median [IQR]; n (%).
Mann-Whithney test; Fisher's exact test.