|
Men |
Women |
|
|
n=106 |
n=60 |
P-value |
| Age |
|
|
0.010 |
| Mean |
45.2 |
54.4 |
|
| SD |
21.9 |
22.1 |
|
| Range |
21–89 |
21–100 |
|
| Age group, % |
|
|
0.009 |
| <70 years, (%) |
80 |
62 |
|
| >70 years, (%) |
20 |
38 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Days since hospital admission, median (q1-q3) |
7 (2-17) |
5 (3-12) |
0.603 |
|
|
|
|
| Distribution of patients within specialties, % |
|
|
|
| Medicine |
12 |
38 |
<0.0005 |
| Surgery |
31 |
62 |
<0.0005 |
| Orthopaedic |
16 |
0 |
– |
| Neurology |
10 |
0 |
– |
| Cardiology |
18 |
0 |
– |
| Urology |
12 |
0 |
– |
|
|
|
|
| Distribution of patients according to most common diagnostic categories, % |
|
|
|
| Orthopaedic |
30 |
8 |
0.001 |
| Trauma |
29 |
0 |
– |
| Gastrointestinal |
14 |
18 |
0.476 |
| Neurological |
3 |
18 |
0.001 |
| Pulmonary |
5 |
10 |
0.207 |
|
|
|
|
| Criteria for UN risk, % |
|
|
|
| Eating difficulties according to MEOF-II |
64 |
62 |
0.750 |
| Low BMI a) |
23 |
22 |
0.902 |
| Unintentional weight loss |
46 |
43 |
0.719 |
|
|
|
|
| Fulfilling UN risk criteria, % |
|
|
0.633 |
| No criteria – no UN risk |
14 |
20 |
|
| One criteria – low UN risk |
46 |
42 |
|
| Two criteria – moderate UN risk |
34 |
31 |
|
| Three criteria – high UN risk |
6 |
7 |
|
| UN risk, moderate or high, % |
40 |
38 |
0.870 |
|
|
|
|
| Overweight (adapted for Caucasians), % |
|
|
0.152 |
| No overweight |
54 |
51 |
|
| Grade 1, overweight |
35 |
20 |
|
| Grade 2, obesity |
10 |
22 |
|
| Grade 3, severe obesity |
0 |
7 |
|
| Obesity, grade 2 or 3, % |
10 |
29 |
0.003 |
|
|
|
|
| Overweight (adapted for Asians), % |
|
|
0.041 |
| No overweight |
48 |
38 |
|
| Grade 1, overweight |
28 |
22 |
|
| Grade 2, obesity |
23 |
31 |
|
| Grade 3, severe obesity |
0 |
9 |
|
| Obesity, grade 2 or 3, % |
23 |
40 |
0.028 |
|
