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Table 1 Comparison of patients’ characteristics (mean ± SD) of deceased with completers at week 1 of observation time

From: The energy intake through regular nontherapeutic meals provision in long-term care: impact on nutritional status and related Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index

 

Deceased (N = 19)

Completers (N = 47)

p value1

Body weight (kg)

61.5 (±10.4)

67.1 (±16.0)

0.376

Body height (cm)

160.6 (±8.0)

160.7 (7.3)

0.806

BMI (kg/m2)

23.6 (±4.1)

25.8 (±5.4)

0.139

Albumin (g/dl/serum)

3.13 (±0.55)

3.44 (±0.41)

0.003*

GNRI

84.7 (±6.4)

91.9 (±6.8)

0.002*

Phase-angle

2.93 (±0.83)

3.32 (±0.73)

0.169

Lean Body Mass (%)

57.5 (±7.0)

54.8 (±7.8)

0.297

Total Body Water (%)

52.0 (±7.4)

48.2 (±7.2)

0.143

Body Fat Mass (%)

42.4 (±7.0)

45.2 (±7.8)

0.260

  1. 1Significantly differences between mean (±SD) of deceased and completers at week 1 were tested by using Mann–Whitney-U-Test