Table 5.
Comparison between patients who did and did not receive or no ONS during hospitalization
| Patients who received ONS at t1, (n = 196): n (%), mean (SD), or median [IQR]* | Patients who did not received ONS at t1, (n = 189): n (%), mean (SD), or median [IQR]* | P value of equality test | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y) | 63.6 (1) | 60.4 (1) | 0.023† (Student's t test) |
| Sex (% men) | 122 (62%) | 124 (66%) | 0.492 (Proportion test) |
| Weight before COVID-19 (kg) | 83.1 (1.2) | 84.3 (1.3) | 0.510 (Student's t test) |
| Weight at t1 vs. t0 (%) | –8.6 (0.4) | –6.5 (0.4) | < 0.001‡ (Student's t test) |
| Weight recovery between hospitalization and hospital discharge (kg) | 0.6 (0.2) | –0.6 (0.3) | 0.005‡ (Student's t test) |
| Weight recovery between t1 and t2, vs. t0 (%) | 4.3 (0.4) | 3.1 (0.3) | 0.009‡ (Student's t test) |
| SEFI at t1 | 2.51;5 | 31;5 | 0.303 (Wilcoxon test) |
IQR, interquartile range; OS, oral nutritional supplement; SD, standard deviation SEFI, Self-Evaluation of Food Intake
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Among non-missing data, n (%) used for qualitative data; mean (SD) for normally distributed quantitative data (based on data visualization); and median [IQR] for non-normal quantitative data.
†
P < 0.05.
‡
P < 0.01.