Table 3 Comparisons of demographics after matching procedures.

From: Impact of malnutrition on mortality and neurological recovery of older patients with spinal cord injury

 

Patients with major nutrition-related risk

Matched control

p value

Numbers

47

94

 

Age (years) ± SD

76.5 ± 7.8

76.9 ± 7.4

0.818*

Female/male

15/32

32/62

0.851#

Diabetes

10 (21.3)

26 (27.7)

0.539#

Pre-trauma ADL (%)

 Independent

36 (76.6)

80 (85.1)

0.421#

 Walk with assistance

10 (21.3)

12 (12.8)

 Wheelchair/bedridden

1 (2.1)

2 (2.1)

Follow-up (month) ± SD

16.6 ± 12.0

22.1 ± 12.1

0.099

AIS grade

 A

7 (14.9)

12 (12.8)

0.980#

 B

5 (10.6)

9 (9.6)

 C

17 (36.2)

35 (37.2)

 D

18 (38.3)

38 (40.4)

Ventilator dependent

5 (10.6)

7 (7.4)

0.534

 Treatment

 Conservative

16 (34.0)

32 (34.0)

1.000#

 Surgical

31 (66.0)

62 (66.0)

BMI (kg/m2) ± SD

17.8 ± 2.1

23.1 ± 4.2

 < 0.001*

Blood test data

 TP (g/dL) ± SD

5.6 ± 0.6

6.5 ± 0.7

 < 0.001*

 Alb (g/dL) ± SD

2.6 ± 0.4

3.7 ± 0.6

 < 0.001*

 Hb (g/dL) ± SD

10.7 ± 2.3

12.7 ± 1.7

 < 0.001*

  1. SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, ADL activities of daily living, TP total protein, Alb albumin, Hb hemoglobin, AIS American spinal injury association impairment scale.
  2. *Mann–Whitney U test; #Chi-square test.