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Table 3 Characteristics of low- and high-GLIMPSE patients

From: The association between nutritional adequacy and 28-day mortality in the critically ill is not modified by their baseline nutritional status and disease severity

Patient characteristics

Low-GLIMPSE (n = 188)

High-GLIMPSE (n = 252)

p value

Age (years)

53.6 (16.0)

67.2 (12.8)

< 0.001

Male

115 [61.2]

144 [57.1]

0.396

BMI (kg/m2)

25.5 (6.3)

24.9 (5.8)

0.262

Location before adm.

  

< 0.001

 ED/HD/OT

169 [89.9]

188 [74.6]

 

 Wards

19 [10.1]

64 [25.4]

 

Type of adm.

  

< 0.001

 Medical

104 [55.3]

189 [75.0]

 

 Surgery

84 [44.7]

63 [25.0]

 

Number of comorbidities

2.0 [1.0, 3.0]

3.0 [2.0, 4.0]

< 0.001

LOS before ICU adm. (days)

0.0 [0.0. 1.0]

1.0 [0.0, 2.5]

< 0.001

APACHE II

18.6 (5.2)

29.0 (6.9)

< 0.001

SOFA

6.4 (3.0)

10.3 (3.4)

< 0.001

mNUTRIC

3.4 (1.5)

6.7 (1.2)

< 0.001

mNUTRIC ≥ 5 (high-mNUTRIC)

55 [29.3]

244 [96.8]

< 0.001

Malnutrition

29 [15.4]

94 [37.3]

< 0.001

Predicted mortality risk

9.7 (5.0)

41.6 (19.5)

< 0.001

Admission reasons

  

< 0.001

 Cardiovascular

22 [11.7]

60 [23.8]

 

 Respiratory

39 [20.7]

45 [17.9]

 

 Sepsis

26 [13.8]

79 [31.4]

 

 Trauma

11 [5.9]

1 [0.4]

 

 Metabolic/renal

3 [1.6]

5 [2.0]

 

 Gastrointestinal

15 [8.0]

27 [10.7]

 

 Postoperation

9 [4.8]

4 [1.6]

 

 Orthopaedics

3 [1.6]

4 [1.6]

 

 Neurological

60 [31.9]

27 [10.7]

 

CPR before ICU adm.

1 [0.5]

52 [20.6]

< 0.001

Length of MV (days)

2.0 [1.0, 4.0]

2.0 [1.0, 5.0]

0.039

ICU LOS (days)

2.0 [2.0, 5.0]

3.0 [2.0, 5.0]

0.381

Hospital LOS (days)

13.5 [7.0, 27.0]

14.0 [7.0, 24.0]

0.953

  1. Values are mean (standard deviation), median [Q1, Q3], or count [percentage]
  2. Adm. admission, APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, BMI body mass index, CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ED emergency department, ENS exclusive nutritional support, HD high dependency, ICU intensive care unit, LOS length of stay, MV mechanical ventilation, mNUTRIC Modified Nutrition Risk in Critically Ill, OT operation theatre, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment