Table 1 Participants’ characteristics.
characteristics | EN1 (n=25) | EN2 (n=25) | EN3 (n=25) | EN4 (n=25) | χ2 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex(%) | Man Woman | 17(68.0) 8(32.0) | 21(84.0) 4(16.0) | 12(48.0) 13(52.0) | 16(64.0) 9(36.0) | 7.308 | 0.063 |
Age, mean(SD)y | 61.8(13.4) | 59.5(14.5) | 58.7(14.3) | 55.3(18.7) | |||
Disease categories(%) | |||||||
Strokes | 9(36) | 10(40) | 7(28) | 9(36) | |||
Intracranial infection | 5(20) | 5(20) | 5(20) | 8(32) | |||
Epilepsy | 3(12) | 3(12) | 4(16) | 3(12) | |||
Craniocerebral trauma | 6(24) | 4(16) | 1(4) | 1(4) | |||
Autoimmune disease | 2(8) | 3(12) | 8(32) | 4(16) | |||
Hypertensive(%) | 7(28) | 11(44) | 9(36) | 10(40) | 1.502 | 0.682 | |
Coronary heart disease(%) | 2(8) | 0(0) | 2(8) | 3(12) | 4.505# | 0.212 | |
Diabetes(%) | 1(4) | 2(8) | 5(20) | 3(12) | 3.601# | 0.308 | |
Peptic ulcer(%) | 1(4) | 0(0) | 1(4) | 1(4) | 1.757# | 0.624 | |
Antibiotic use(%) | 22(88) | 22(88) | 21(84) | 23(92) | 0.771# | 0.857 | |
Nutritional Approach(%) | Nasogastric tube nasoenteric tube | 19(76) 6(24) | 22(88) 3(12) | 23(92) 2(8) | 24(96) 1(4) | 5.149# | 0.161 |
