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Table 2 Nutritional assessment and nutritional intake

From: Association of inadequate energy intake on admission with activities of daily living at discharge in patients undergoing unplanned hemodialysis initiation: a retrospective case-series study

 

Overall (n = 95)

Assistance group (n = 55)

Independence group (n = 40)

p value

At least one characteristic on risk assessment of nutritional status

64 (67%)

38 (69%)

26 (65%)

0.675‡

Patients who did not eat on admission

25 (26%)

19 (35%)

6 (15%)

0.033‡

Duration of not eating since admission, days

2.7 (1.7–4.7)

n = 25

2.3 (1.7–4.2)

n = 19

3.5 (1.8–4.5)

n = 6

0.702†

Dietary intake rate for oral ingestion on admission, %

78.9 (67.1–98.1)

n = 70

74.5 (65.1–90.2)

n = 36

92.0 (71.5–99.9)

n = 34

0.003†

Dietary energy intake for oral ingestion on admission, kcal/kg/day

24.7 (20.4–28.2)

n = 70

22.8 (19.6–25.8)

n = 36

26.0 (21.9–29.6)

n = 34

0.012†

Intervention by nutrition support team

49 (52%)

35 (64%)

14 (35%)

0.006‡

Energy intakea on admission, kcal/kg/day

21.2 (14.9–26.4)

19.2 (13.0–24.1)

25.4 (19.3–29.0)

0.003†

Protein intakea on admission, g/kg/day

0.61 (0.41–0.76)

0.53 (0.39–0.71)

0.70 (0.55–0.82)

0.003†

Energy intakea at discharge, kcal/kg/day

29.2 (25.8–31.1)

29.1 (24.5–30.9)

29.5 (27.3–31.3)

0.145†

Protein intakea at discharge g/kg/day

0.95 (0.85–1.03)

0.94 (0.80–1.04)

0.96 (0.89–1.02)

0.541†

  1. Values are median and interquartile range, and n (%)
  2. aEnergy intake and protein intake: diet, enteral nutrition, and parenteral nutrition
  3. †Mann–Whitney U test, ‡χ2 test