Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients with normal nutrition or malnutrition at admission.
| Total | Mild | Severe | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Malnutrition | P value | Normal | Malnutrition | P value | |||
| NIHSS (Mean, SD) | 755 (7.8±6.5) | 324 (3.2 ±2.0) | 115 (3.9 ±2.2) | 0.0009 | 190 (13.3 ±4.9) | 126 (14.9 ±5.9) | 0.0123 | |
| Age (Mean, SD) | 755 (63.4 ±12.7) | 324 (61.1 ±11.8) | 115 (65.5±13.0) | 0.0009 | 190 (61.4 ±13.5) | 126 (70.2±11.1) | <0.0001 | |
| Female (%) | 265 (35.1 %) | 84 (25.9 %) | 50 (43.5 %) | 0.0006 | 62 (32.6 %) | 69 (54.8 %) | 0.0001 | |
| Health insurance (%) | 682 (90.3) | 308 (95.1 %) | 104 (90.4 %) | 0.1106 | 157 (82.6 %) | 113 (89.7 %) | 0.1030 | |
| Education (%) | 547 (72.5) | 262 (80.9 %) | 80 (69.6 %) | 0.0180 | 137 (72.1 %) | 68 (54.0 %) | 0.0011 | |
| Smoking (%) | 307 (40.7) | 153 (47.2 %) | 39 (33.9 %) | 0.0159 | 81 (42.6 %) | 34 (27.0 %) | 0.0059 | |
| Alcohol (%) | 132 (17.5) | 61 (18.8 %) | 16 (13.9 %) | 0.2565 | 37 (19.5 %) | 18 (14.3 %) | 0.2890 | |
| Prior disease history (%) | ||||||||
| Hypertension | 585 (77.5) | 260 (80.3 %) | 84 (73.0 %) | 0.1148 | 150 (79.0 %) | 91 (72.2 %) | 0.1790 | |
| Lipid abnormality | 433 (57.4) | 196 (60.5 %) | 62 (53.9 %) | 0.2268 | 118 (62.1 %) | 57 (45.2 %) | 0.0038 | |
| Digestive tract disease (%) | 54 (7.2) | 27 (8.3 %) | 7 (6.1 %) | 0.5446 | 10 (5.3 %) | 10 (7.9 %) | 0.3542 | |
| Coronary heart disease | 163 (21.6) | 66 (20.4 %) | 25 (21.7 %) | 0.7892 | 22 (11.6) | 50 (39.7) | <0.0001 | |
| Atrial fibrillation | 71 (9.4) | 13 (4.0 %) | 14 (12.2 %) | 0.0053 | 19 (10.0 %) | 25 (19.8 %) | 0.0194 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus (%) | 239 (31.7) | 107 (32.0 %) | 32 (27.8 %) | 0.3509 | 55 (29.0 %) | 45 (35.1 %) | 0.2184 | |
| Status on admission | ||||||||
| Unconsciousness (%) | 130 (17.3) | 8 (2.5 %) | 6 (5.3 %) | 0.2114 | 70 (36.8 %) | 46 (36.8 %) | 1.0000 | |
| Infections (%) | 59 (7.8) | 8 (2.5 %) | 5 (4.4 %) | 0.3391 | 20 (10.5 %) | 26 (20.6 %) | 0.0147 | |
| Digestive tract ulcer(%) | 16 (2.1) | 5 (1.6 %) | 2 (1.7 %) | 1.0000 | 7 (3.7 %) | 2 (1.6 %) | 0.3253 | |
| BUN(mmol/L) (Mean, SD) | 753 (5.6±3.5) | 323 (5.4 ±3.3) | 114 (5.5 ±4.1) | 0.9818 | 190 (5.7 ±2.2) | 126 (6.5 ±4.9) | 0.2934 | |
| Cr (μmol/L) (Mean, SD) | 753 (81.9±32.6) | 323 (81.3±20.1) | 114 (83.1±28.6) | 0.7620 | 190 (78.9 ±25.8) | 126 (87.2 ±59.7) | 0.6158 | |
| BG(mmol/L) (Mean, SD) | 746 (6.6±3.4) | 319 (6.3 ±2.5) | 114 (6.5±2.6) | 0.1245 | 188 (7.0 ±4.9) | 125 (6.9 ±2.8) | 0.7712 | |
| Nutrition indicators | ||||||||
| BMI (Kg/m2) (%) | 733 (24.7±3.6) | 310 (25.1±3.1) | 113 (23.6 ±3.8) | <0.0001 | 184 (25.3 ±3.5) | 126 (23.7 ±4.2) | <0.0001 | |
| MUAC (cm) (Mean, SD) | 715 (28.8 ±3.3) | 301 (29.7 ±2.6) | 115 (26.9 ±3.6) | <0.0001 | 174 (29.7 ±3.2) | 125 (27.2 ±3.4) | <0.0001 | |
| TSF (mm) (Mean, SD) | 715 (17.9±7.6) | 301 (18.2 ±6.9) | 115 (14.2 ±7.7) | <0.0001 | 174 (19.8 ±7.3) | 125 (18,2 ±8.3) | 0.1358 | |
| Haemoglobin (g/L) (Mean, SD) | 754 (140.1±18.3) | 323 (144.4±15.7) | 115 (131.5±18.5) | <0.0001 | 190 (145.2 ±16.1) | 126 (128.9 ±19.7) | <0.0001 | |
| Albumin(g/L) (Mean, SD) | 752 (40.6 ±4.3) | 322 (41.7±3.4) | 115 (38.9 ±5.4) | <0.0001 | 189 (41.6 ±3.5) | 126 (37.8 ±4.6) | <0.0001 | |
| Prealbumin(g/L) (%) | 719 (260.2±76.6) | 296 (284.3±72.1) | 115 (260.1±94.0) | <0.0001 | 183 (258.6 ±64.8) | 123 (206.9 ±56.7) | <0.0001 | |
Aberrations: BG, blood glucose; BMI, body mass index; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; Cr, creatinine; MUAC, mid-upper arm circumference; TSF, triceps skinfold thickness; NIHSS, national institute of health stroke scale.