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Table 1 ICU patients demographic data per group

From: Malabsorption and nutritional balance in the ICU: fecal weight as a biomarker: a prospective observational pilot study

 

< 350 g/day feces

(normal stools)

> 350 g/day feces

(diarrhea)

P value

Demographic data

n

38

10

 

Gender, ♂/♀

22:16

6:4

 

Age (year)

63.1 ± 15.9

64.7 ± 13.8

0.773

Height a (m)

1.74 ± 0.09

1.70 ± 0.07

0.174

Weight a (kg)

78.4 ± 16.4

76.1 ± 17.3

0.696

BMI (kg/m 2 )

25.9 ± 5.6

26.1 ± 4.3

0.907

SOFA b

5.6 ± 2.8

9.4 ± 4.1

0.001

APACHE-II b

22.8 ± 7.3

30.6 ± 11.7

0.023

ICU admission

13 surgical patients

5 surgical patients

 
 

25 medical patientsc

5 medical patients

 
  1. aHeight and weight are estimated values. bAt day of admission into ICU. cMedical diagnosis included neurologic injury, respiratory failure, sepsis, and others). APACHE-II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; BMI, body mass index; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.
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