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. 2021 Jun 29;8:628628. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.628628

Table 2.

Univariate analysis results.

Variables Survivors at 90-day Deceased at 90-day P-value
Sample size 8,743 167
Age (years) (mean, SD) 72.36 ± 5.66 73.70 ± 6.19 0.002
ADL (mean, SD) 28.03 ± 4.00 26.40 ± 4.85 <0.0001
Low handgrip strength (n, %) <0.0001
Yes 4,298 (97.31) 119 (2.69)
NO 4445 (98.93) 48 (1.07)
BMI (kg/m2) (mean, SD) 23.65 ± 3.47 21.82 ± 3.72 < .0001
Gender (n, %) 0.004
Female 3,702 (98.72) 48 (1.28)
Male 5,041 (97.69) 119 (2.31)
Ethnicity (n, %) 0.9977
Han 8,219 (98.13) 157 (1.87)
Other 524 (98.13) 10 (1.87)
Education (n, %) 0.1309
Illiterate 1,386 (97.81) 31 (2.19)
Primary 2,512 (98.39) 41 (1.61)
Middle 3,550 (97.85) 78 (2.15)
University 1,294 (98.70) 17 (1.30)
Marital status (n, %) 0.2534
Marriage 7,750 (98.08) 152 (1.92)
Divorced or widowed 983 (98.60) 14 (1.40)
Primary diagnosis (n, %) <0.001
Heart disease 1,170 (99.07) 11 (0.93)
Pulmonary disease 594 (96.90) 19 (3.10)
Other internalmedicine diseases 2,670 (98.42) 43 (1.58)
Surgical diseases 2,895 (98.97) 30 (1.03)
Cancer 1,412 (95.66) 64 (4.34)
Smoking status (n, %) 0.021
Non-smoker 5,775 (98.21) 105 (1.79)
Current smoker 980 (98.89) 11 (1.11)
Former smoker 1,988 (97.50) 51 (2.50)
Alcohol consumption (n, %) 0.034
Non-drinker 6,682 (98.19) 123 (1.81)
Current drinker 1,022 (98.65) 14 (1.35)
Former drinker 1,039 (97.19) 30 (2.81)
Bedridden (n, %) 0.0013
Yes 195 (95.12) 10 (4.88)
No 8,548 (98.20) 157 (1.80)
Vision (n, %) 0.4033
Dysfunction 1,911 (98.35) 32 (1.65)
Normal 6,832 (98.06) 135 (1.94)
Hearing (n, %) 0.7453
Dysfunction 1,641 (98.03) 33 (1.97)
Normal 7,102 (98.15) 134 (1.85)
Sleep (n, %) 0.2216
Dysfunction 3,723 (97.92) 79 (2.08)
Normal 5,020 (98.28) 88 (1.72)
Urinary function (n, %) 0.049
Dysfunction 1,166 (97.41) 31 (2.59)
Normal 7,577 (98.24) 136 (1.76)
Depression (n, %) <0.001
Yes 1,322 (96.57) 47 (3.43)
No 7,265 (98.38) 120 (1.62)
Cognitive impairment (n, %) 0.0492
Yes 1,643 (97.57) 41 (2.43)
No 6,715 (98.29) 117 (1.71)
MNA-SF (n, %) <0.001
Normal nutritional status 4,962 (99.26) 37 (0.74)
At risk of malnutrition 2,967 (97.47) 77 (2.53)
Malnourished 814 (93.89) 53 (6.11)
Frailty (n, %) <0.001
Yes 1,428 (95.71) 64 (4.29)
No 7,315 (98.61) 103 (1.39)
Length of hospital stay (days) (mean, SD) 9.11 ± 5.80 11.20 ± 7.72 <0.001

ADL, basic activities of daily living;MNA-SF, Mini-Nutritional Assessment-Short Form.