Table 1 Participants’ background variables and results of body composition analysis.

From: Long-term body weight change assessed by non-contact load cells under the bed in older people with and without eating assistance: a preliminary study

Subject

Age (years)

Gender

Levels of care need

Need for eating assistance

Physical disability for daily life

Severity of dementia

Height (cm)

Body weight at admission (kg)

Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

Skeletal Muscle Index (kg/m2)

Body fat (%)

Basal metabolic rate (kcal/day)

Calorie intake (kcal/day)

Calorie intake (kcal/standard weight)

Calorie intake/basal metabolic rate

S1

79

Female

4

No

Moderate

Moderate

145.2

42.1

20.0

8.04

22.6

1087

1500

32.3

1.38

S2

86

Female

4

No

Mild

Moderate

145.5

37.4

17.7

7.56

11.8

1078

1400

30.1

1.30

S3

84

Female

4

No

Mild

Moderate

144.6

50.6

24.2

7.19

40.3

1018

1500

32.6

1.47

S4

88

Female

5

No

Moderate

Moderate

155.8

44.7

18.4

7.95

17.3

1183

1500

28.1

1.27

S group

84 ± 4

     

148 ± 5

43.7 ± 5.5

20.2 ± 2.9

7.68 ± 0.39

23.0 ± 12.3

1092 ± 68

1475 ± 50

31.0 ± 2.1

1.36 ± 0.09

A1

97

Female

5

Yes

Moderate

Severe

140.0

47.1

24.0

7.86

37.9

1038

1100

25.5

1.06

A2

95

Female

4

Yes

Moderate

Moderate

140.8

35.8

18.1

7.16

24.2

1013

1400

32.1

1.38

A3

87

Female

5

Yes

Moderate

Severe

147.3

41.3

19.0

6.71

26.1

1012

1200

25.1

1.19

A4

80

Male

5

Yes (PEG)

Severe

Mild

171.2

59.2

20.2

6.02

40.1

1118

1300

20.2

1.16

A group

90 ± 8

     

150 ± 15

45.9 ± 10.0

20.3 ± 2.6

6.94 ± 0.77

32.1 ± 8.1

1045 ± 50

1250 ± 129

25.7 ± 4.8

1.20 ± 0.13

P value

0.253

1.00

0.207

   

0.698

0.720

0.900

0.159

0.342

0.045

0.078

0.123

0.190