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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants

From: Effectiveness of Oral Nutritional Supplementation for Older Women after a Fracture: Rationale, Design and Study of the Feasibility of a Randomized Controlled Study

 

Control group

(n = 21)

Intervention group

(n = 23)

T-test

p- value

Age (years) (SD)

87.1 (6.2)

83.7 (5.6)

0.07

SPMSQ (mean n of errors (SD))*

5.1 (3.8)

5.8 (3.7)

0.52

Charlson Index (mean score (SD))

1.7 (1.8)

1.5 (1.1)

0.67

Weight (kg) (SD)**

50.2 (11.8)

50.4 (6.0)

0.80

BMI (SD) **

21.5 (4.0)

21.5 (2.8)

0.95

MUAC (cm) (SD)***

23.6 (2.6)

24.2 (3.1)

0.53

Grip (kg) (SD)

11.0 (5.8)

13.7 (6.8)

0.18

Albumin (g/l) (SD)

31.8 (5.4)

31.1 (5.0)

0.69

Barthel Index (SD)§

76.6 (21.6)

74.1 (23.4)

0.73

  1. * SPMSQ= Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire
  2. ** based on only 12 participants in control group, 11 participants in intervention group
  3. *** MUAC= mid upper arm circumference
  4. § Estimated Barthel Index prior to fracture