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Table 2 Variables associated with enteral nutrition initiation

From: Enteral nutrition feeding in Chinese intensive care units: a cross-sectional study involving 116 hospitals

 

HR

2.5%

97.5%

p value

Source of admission (emergency room as reference)

Surgery

1.087

0.878

1.346

0.443

Internal medicine

1.166

0.935

1.455

0.174

Other ward

1.125

0.701

1.805

0.626

Other hospital

1.164

0.896

1.511

0.255

Age

1.002

0.997

1.007

0.371

APACHE II score

1.007

0.989

1.024

0.459

SOFA score

1.007

0.979

1.035

0.651

Sex (female as reference)

1.087

0.910

1.299

0.356

AGI (AGI 1 as reference)

AGI 2–3

0.460

0.353

0.599

< 0.001

AGI 4

0.056

0.008

0.398

0.004

GCS score

0.945

0.921

0.969

< 0.001

  1. AGI acute gastrointestinal injury, APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, GCS Glasgow Coma Score, HR hazard ratio, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
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