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Table 3 Rate of change of BMI and EI per BW for each month from 12 months prior to death

From: Mortality risks of body mass index and energy intake trajectories in institutionalized elderly people: a retrospective cohort study

 

BMI

EI per BW

Months prior to death

Mean

Mean rate of change

SD

Mean

Mean rate of change

SD

P-value*

12

18.0

0.970

0.069

29.2

1.020

0.224

0.0117

11

17.9

0.971

0.062

29.0

1.038

0.305

0.0111

10

17.8

0.974

0.060

29.1

1.015

0.187

0.0147

9

17.7

0.972

0.060

28.9

1.011

0.244

0.0477

8

17.6

0.971

0.063

28.9

1.015

0.323

0.0676

7

17.5

0.965

0.067

28.6

0.988

0.202

0.1569

6

17.3

0.959

0.065

28.3

0.978

0.193

0.2033

5

17.1

0.953

0.072

27.5

0.973

0.268

0.3364

4

16.9

0.951

0.069

26.7

0.944

0.242

0.6511

3

16.7

0.943

0.077

25.8

0.932

0.303

0.5732

2

16.4

0.935

0.077

23.8

0.865

0.359

0.0074

1

16.1

0.926

0.086

21.0

0.774

0.368

<0.0001

Prior to death

16.0

0.921

0.093

15.4

0.594

0.395

<0.0001

  1. *P-value for paired-sample t-test
  2. BMI Body mass index, BW Body weight, EI Energy intake, SD Standard deviation
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