Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the patients
From: A multi-centre survey on hospital malnutrition: result of PNSI study
Variable | Results | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
All patients | Admitted | Discharged | ||
Gendera | ||||
Female | 1054 (50%) | 534 (50%) | 494 (50%) | 0.76 |
Male | 1055 (50%) | 526 (50%) | 500 (50%) | |
Age (year)b | 44.68 (±14/65) | 45.43 (±14.96) | 43.82 (±14.20) | 0.01 |
Height (cm)b | 164.43 (±9.75) | 164.1 (±9.66) | 164.51 (± 9.77) | 0.31 |
Weight (kg)b | 68.18 (±16.53) | 67.73 (±16.83) | 68.62 (±16.28) | 0.24 |
Body mass index (W/H2)b | 25.44 (±6.25) | 25.27 (±6.15) | 25.60 (±6.21) | 0.20 |
Mid Arm Circumference (cm)b | 31.02 (±6.12) | 30.03 (±10.23) | 32.01 (±9.10) | 0.00 |
Length of hospital stayc | Mean: 6.72 Median: 5 Mode: 3 | Mean: 6.72 Median: 5 Mode: 3 | ||
Kind of drugb | 3 (±3.21) | 2.61 (±3.37) | 3.30 (±3.14) | < 0.00 |
Number of drugsa | ||||
- No drug | 492 (22.32%) | 285 (25.83%) | 178 (17.22%) | < 0.00 |
- 1 to 2 | 617 (27.91%) | 293 (26.15%) | 307 (29.82%) | |
- 3 to 5 | 539 (24.38%) | 264 (23.2%) | 260 (25.19%) | |
- More than 5 | 402 (18.24%) | 164 (14.80%) | 231 (22.35%) | |
- I don’t know | 56 (7.01%) | 96 (8.67%) | 54 (5.23%) | |
Mobilitya | ||||
Yes | 1770 (82.23%) | 825 (78.61%) | 877 (86.32%) | |
Only with help | 263 (12.23%) | 146 (13.87%) | 101 (9.93%) | |
Bed ridden | 90 (4.21%) | 63 (6.01%) | 25 (2.52%) | |
Comorbiditya | 1038 (48.72%) | 530 (49.31%) | 482 (48.33%) | 0.64 |
- High blood pressurea | 473 (22.24%) | 246 (22.94%) | 220 (22%) | 0.67 |
-Type 1 diabetesa | 50 (2.28%) | 17 (1.62%) | 32 (3.25%) | 0.01 |
- Type 2 diabetesa | 331 (15.50%) | 166 (15.41%) | 158 (15.86%) | 0.80 |
- Chronic respiratory diseasea | 87 (41.23%) | 47 (4.43%) | 39 (3.98%) | 0.59 |
- Myocardial infarctiona | 28 (1.32%) | 15 (1.39%) | 12 (1.22%) | 0.69 |
- Chronic heart failurea | 126 (5.91%) | 60 (5.57%) | 65 (6.48%) | 0.37 |