Food for Thought: The Effects of Nutritional Support on Outcomes in Hospitalized Elderly Patients and the Critically Ill

Table 1

Severe lung injury study: summary of energy and protein parameters during the study period and primary outcome in the per protocol analysis.

Parameter	Study group (𝑛=56)	Control group (𝑛=56)	𝑃 value
Mean REE (kcal/day)	1.976 ± 468	1.838 ± 468	0.6
Mean energy delivered/day (kcal/day)	2,086 ± 460	1,480 ± 356	0.01
Mean enterally delivered energy/day (kcal/day)	1,515 ± 756	1,316 ± 456	0.09
Mean delivered parenteral nutrition delivered/day (kcal/day)	571 ± 754	164 ± 294	0.001
Mean protein delivered/day (g/day)	76 ± 16	53 ± 16	0.001
Mean daily energy balance (kcal)	186 ± 206	−312 ± 481	0.001
Cumulative energy balance (kcal)	2,008 ± 2,177	−3,550 ± 4,591	0.01
Maximum negative energy balance (kcal)	15.7 ± 883	−3,895 ± 4,144	0.01
Daily mean blood glucose (mg/dl)	119.6 ± 21.8	127.3 ± 33.7	0.82
Hospital mortality (%)	28.5	48.2	0.023