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Table 4 Baseline characteristics among adults in intensive care unit

From: Hospital change to mixed lipid emulsion from soybean oil-based lipid emulsion for parenteral nutrition in hospitalized and critically ill adults improves outcomes: a pre–post-comparative study

 

Total

Intralipid*

4-OLE

p value

(N = 447)

(N = 110)

(N = 337)

Age (in years), median (IQR)

61.0 (47.0–70.0)

60.0 (48.0–72.0)

61.0 (46.0–69.0)

0.59

Male

255 (57.0%)

61 (55.5%)

194 (57.6%)

0.7

Race

  Caucasian/white

275 (61.5%)

72 (65.5%)

203 (60.2%)

0.09

  Black or African-American

127 (28.4%)

33 (30.0%)

94 (27.9%)

 

  Other

45 (10.1%)

5 (4.5%)

40 (11.9%)

 

  Hispanic

13 (2.9%)

0 (0.0%)

13 (3.9%)

0.045

Payor

  MCO

126 (28.2%)

29 (26.4%)

97 (28.8%)

0.77

  Medicaid

37 (8.3%)

7 (6.4%)

30 (8.9%)

 

  Medicare

227 (50.8%)

59 (53.6%)

168 (49.9%)

 

  Other

57 (12.8%)

15 (13.6%)

42 (12.5%)

 

Comorbidity at admission

  Malnutrition

327 (73.2%)

88 (80.0%)

239 (70.9%)

0.06

  Congestive heart failure

56 (12.5%)

18 (16.4%)

38 (11.3%)

0.16

  Cancer

86 (19.2%)

28 (25.5%)

58 (17.2%)

0.06

  Chronic pulmonary disease

72 (16.1%)

23 (20.9%)

49 (14.5%)

0.11

  Liver disease

49 (11.0%)

18 (16.4%)

31 (9.2%)

0.03

  Renal failure

76 (17.0%)

32 (29.1%)

44 (13.1%)

< 0.001

  Diabetes mellitus

88 (19.7%)

27 (24.5%)

61 (18.1%)

0.14

Body weight, kg, median (IQR)

77.8 (61.4–98.6)

75.8 (63.0–91.4)

76.2 (62.5–91.9)

0.74

BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR)

26.8 (22.1–30.9)

26.9 (21.8–31.3)

26.6 (22.2–30.9)

0.83

ED admission

181 (40.5%)

36 (32.7%)

145 (43.0%)

0.06

Mechanical ventilation

223 (49.9%)

59 (53.6%)

164 (48.7%)

0.37

Antibiotic use

444 (99.3%)

110 (100.0%)

334 (99.1%)

1

Use of insulin

294 (65.8%)

81 (73.6%)

213 (63.2%)

0.045

Use of statin

106 (23.7%)

18 (16.4%)

88 (26.1%)

0.037

  1. IQR Interquartile range; MCO managed care organization; BMI body mass index in kg/m2; ED emergency department; and 4-OLE Soy/MCT/Olive/Fish Oil lipid
  2. *Intralipid—(Baxter Inc, Deerfield, IL, USA)