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Table 2 Characteristics of patients who received four types of enteral feeding and parenteral nutrition

From: Long‐term prognosis of enteral feeding and parenteral nutrition in a population aged 75 years and older: a population‐based cohort study

 

Non-malignancies

Malignancies

GS

NGT

PN

 

GS

NGT

PN

 

Primary

Secondary

   

Primary

Secondary

   

N = 352

N = 331

N = 2042

N = 135

p*

N = 48

N = 39

N = 328

N = 273

p*

Female, n (%)

215 (61)

200 (60)

1143 (56)

81 (60)

0.155

17 (35)

14 (36)

107 (33)

122 (45)

0.024

Age ≥ 85 years, n (%)

207 (59)

177 (53)

1077 (53)

82 (61)

0.069

25 (52)

14 (36)

125 (38)

65 (24)

< 0.001

Total CCI score, n (%)

    

< 0.001

    

0.244

 0–1

132 (38)

119 (36)

910 (45)

49 (36)

 

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

 2–3

132 (38)

132 (40)

794 (39)

50 (37)

 

22 (46)

11 (28)

134 (41)

99 (36)

 

 ≥ 4

88 (25)

80 (24)

338 (17)

36 (27)

 

26 (54)

28 (72)

194 (59)

174 (64)

 

Major underlying diseases, n (%)

 Cerebrovascular disease

58 (16)

95 (29)

598 (29)

<10a

< 0.001

0 (0)

<10a

39 (12)

<10a

< 0.001

 Neuromuscular diseases

22 (6)

24 (7)

68 (3)

<10a

0.001

0 (0)

<10a

<10a

<10a

0.005

 Dementia

14 (4)

<10a

38 (2)

0 (0)

0.022

0 (0)

0 (0)

<10a

0 (0)

0.220

 Pneumonia

128 (36)

81 (24)

290 (14)

32 (24)

< 0.001

13 (27)

<10a

28 (9)

12 (4)

< 0.001

Hospital types, n (%)

 DPC/PDPS

137 (39)

165 (50)

1544 (76)

63 (47)

< 0.001

25 (52)

20 (51)

262 (80)

199 (73)

< 0.001

Hospital beds, n (%)

    

< 0.001

    

< 0.001

 < 200

200 (57)

165 (50)

399 (20)

60 (44)

 

20 (42)

14 (36)

40 (12)

65 (24)

 

 ≥ 200

152 (43)

166 (50)

1643 (80)

75 (56)

 

28 (58)

25 (64)

288 (88)

208 (76)

 

Hospital area, n (%)

    

< 0.001

    

< 0.001

 Capital City

94 (27)

71 (21)

420 (21)

27 (20)

 

<10a

<10a

68 (21)

68 (25)

 

 Eastern

28 (8)

40 (12)

842 (41)

17 (13)

 

<10a

<10a

130c (40)

39 (14)

 

 Western

123 (35)

110 (33)

317 (16)

50b (37)

 

16 (33)

14 (36)

42 (13)

80 (29)

 

 Central

83 (24)

77 (23)

386 (19)

40 (30)

 

14 (29)

<10a

82 (25)

66 (24)

 

 Southern

24 (7)

33 (10)

77 (4)

<10a

 

<10a

<10a

<10a

20 (7)

 
  1. GS gastrostomy, NGT nasogastric tube feeding, PN parenteral nutrition, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, DPC/PDPS Diagnosis Procedure Combination and Per-Diem Payment System
  2. *Chi-square test
  3. aWhen the number of the patients was less than 10 (except 0), the value was not disclosed, according to the cell size suppression policy of the national health insurance data
  4. bIn the non-malignancy category, the number of PN in the Western hospital area was rounded to prevent back-calculation of the number of PN in the Southern area
  5. cIn the malignancy category, the number of NGT in the Eastern hospital area was rounded to prevent back-calculation of the number of NGT in the Southern area
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