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. 2022 Sep 25;14(19):3981. doi: 10.3390/nu14193981

Table 3.

Nutritional data.

Data Cohort
n = 55
Men
n = 37 (67.3%)
Women
n = 18 (32.7%)
p Value
Actual weight, kg 77 (63–94) 83.7 (64–96.8) 71 (58.2–81.7) 0.048
Actual weight considered for nutritional calculation, kg 74 (63–88) 80 (64–92.3) 70.8 (58.2–76.1) 0.011
BMI, kg/m2 26.1 (22.2–29.7) 26 (21.7–29.6) 26.6 (22.8–29.9) 0.528
Nutrition route, n (%) PO 31 (56.4) 22 (59.4) 9 (50)
PO + EN 7 (12.7) 3 (8.2) 4 (22.2)
EN 15 (27.3) 10 (27) 5 (27.8)
PN 1 (1.8) 1 (2.7) 0
PO + PN 1 (1.8) 1 (2.7) 0
VO2, mL/min 243.5 (188.5–281) 257 (202–302.5) 217 (170.5–257) 0.091
VCO2, mL/min 189.5 (155.3–238) 196.5 (157.8–245.8) 180 (135.8–202.3) 0.158
RQ 0.83 (0.76–0.88) 0.83 (0.77–0.89) 0.80 (0.72–0.88) 0.374
Measured EE, kcal/day 1682 (1328–1975) 1762 (1415–2123) 1478 (1199–1836) 0.093
Measured EE, kcal.kg/day 22.9 (19.1–24.2) 22.6 918.6–24.4) 23.1 (20.9–24.4) 0.756
Predicted EE, kcal/day Harris–Benedict 2344 (1389–2563) 2500 (2335–2690) 1344 (1242–1394) <0.001
Harris–Benedict corrected with a stress factor of 1.3 3048 (1805–3332) 3250 (3036–3496) 1747 (1614–1813) <0.001
Penn–State 1589 (1443–1809) 1704 (1529–1888) 1385 (1285–1457) <0.001
30 kcal/kg 2220 (1890–2640) 2400 (1920–2769) 2124 (1748–2283) 0.011

Data are expressed as median with lower and upper quartiles (Q1–Q3). BMI: body mass index; EE: energy expenditure; EN: enteral nutrition; PO: per os; PN: parenteral nutrition; RQ: respiratory quotient; VO2: oxygen consumption; VCO2: carbon dioxide production.