Table 1 Baseline and outcome variables of studied critically ill patients and healthy volunteers
Early PN patients N= 20 | Late PN patients N= 20 | P-value Early vs. Late | Healthy Controls N= 13 | P-value Ill vs. Healthy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic data | |||||
Male sex - no. (%) | 15 (75) | 14 (70) | 0.7 | 8 (62) | 0.6 |
Age - yr (mean ± SE) | 60 ± 2 | 63 ± 3 | 0.1 | 60 ± 3 | 0.4 |
BMI - Kg/m2 (mean ± SE) | 23.1 ± 0.9 | 23.2 ± 1.2 | 0.7 | 23.9 ± 1.3 | 0.1 |
Comorbidity parameters | |||||
Malignancy no. (%) | 6 (30) | 5 (25) | 0.7 | ||
Diabetes no. (%) | 3 (15) | 1 (5) | 0.3 | ||
NRS score - median [IQR] | 4 [3 to 7] | 4 [3 to 6] | 0.4 | ||
APACHE II SCORE - median [IQR] | 30 [21 to 47] | 33 [23 to 42] | 0.6 | ||
Reason for admission - no. (%) | 0.7 | ||||
Complicated Surgery/Trauma | 11 | 10 | |||
Medical | 5 | 7 | |||
Transplant | 3 | 2 | |||
Cardiac surgery | 1 | 1 | |||
Outcome variables | |||||
New infection - no (%) | 14 (70) | 15 (75) | 0.7 | ||
Duration of ICU stay - median [IQR] | 15 [10 to 33] | 18 [10 to 40] | 0.7 | ||
ICU non-survivors - no (%) | 3 (15) | 4 (20) | 0.7 |