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Table 1 Patient demographics

From: Nutrition support practices in critically ill head-injured patients: a global perspective

 

Total

Patient sample

Age (y), mean (SD)

44.5 (19.7)

1,045

Sex (male) n, (%)

815 (78)

1,045

Initial GCS:

 

251

 GCS 13–15, n (%)

18 (7)

 GCS 10–12, n (%)

23 (9)

 GCS 6–9, n (%)

96 (38)

 GCS <6, n (%)

114 (45)

APACHE II, mean (SD)

19.5 (6.9)

1,038

SOFA score, mean (SD)

7.6 (3.1)

257

Weight (kg), mean (SD)

77.4 (17.3)

1,045

Height (m), mean (SD)

1.73 (0.09)

1,040

Body mass index (kg/m2), mean (SD)

25.7 (5.2)

1,040

 Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2), n (%)

30 (3)

 Healthy (18.5–24.9 kg/m2), n (%)

519 (50)

 Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2), n (%)

348 (34)

 Obese (>30 kg/m2), n (%)

143 (14)

  1. GCS and SOFA data were collected in 2013 only. GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
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