Analysis of Current Status on a New Public Health Nutrition Service Pattern in China: A Nutrition Outpatient Clinic-Based Study
Table 2
Nutrition services in patients attending the nutrition clinical center.
Nutrition services
Patients
Female
P Value
Age 0- <18
P value
Age 18-64
P value
Age ≥65
P value
Healthy Dietary Services
425(41.9)
229(53.9)
0.599
199(46.8)
<0.001
218(51.3)
<0.001
8(1.9)
<0.001
Common diet consultation
352(34.7)
181(51.4)
0.759
159(45.2)
<0.001
185(52.6)
<0.001
8(2.3)
0.004
Growth and development consultation
35(3.5)
13(37.1)
0.076
35(100.0)
<0.001
0(0.0)
<0.001
0(0.0)
0.266
maternal consultation
18(1.8)
18(100.0)
<0.001
0(0.0)
0.006
18(100.0)
0.001
0(0.0)
0.621
Preparation of pregnant consultation
7(0.7)
7(100.0)
<0.001
0(0.0)
0.200
7(100.0)
0.103
0(0.0)
1.000
others
13(1.3)
10(76.9)
0.096
5(38.5)
0.153
8(61.5)
0.772
0(0.0)
1.000
Malnutrition
326(32.1)
157(48.2)
0.186
70(21.5)
0.118
247(75.8)
0.001
9(2.8)
0.014
Undernutrition
116(11.4)
65(56.0)
0.454
33(28.4)
0.867
77(66.4)
0.931
6(5.2)
0.630
Thinness
96(9.5)
58(60.4)
0.131
15(15.6)
0.010
75(78.1)
0.016
6(6.3)
0.981
Child nutrition disorders
15(1.5)
5(33.3)
0.193
15(100.0)
<0.001
0(0.0)
<0.001
0(0.0)
0.617
Deficiency diseases
5(0.5)
2(40.0)
0.674
3(60.0)
0.136
2(40.0)
0.345
0(0.0)
1.000
Overnutrition
210(20.7)
92(43.8)
0.024
37(17.6)
0.002
170(81.0)
<0.001
3(1.4)
0.002
Overweight
70(6.9)
31(44.3)
0.191
15(21.4)
0.254
54(77.1)
0.055
1(1.4)
0.118
Obesity
140(13.8)
61(43.6)
0.051
22(15.7)
0.002
116(82.9)
<0.001
2(1.4)
0.018
Diabetes
68(6.7)
33(48.5)
0.621
0(0.0)
<0.001
53(77.9)
0.043
15(22.1)
<0.001
Neoplasms
64(6.3)
42(65.6)
0.039
0(0.0)
<0.001
52(81.2)
0.012
12(18.8)
<0.001
Digestive system diseases
56(5.3)
25(44.6)
0.260
4(7.1)
<0.001
43(76.8)
0.095
9(16.1)
0.005
Hypertension
16(1.6)
11(68.8)
0.217
0(0.0)
0.009
12(75.0)
0.598
4(25.0)
0.017
Hematologic diseases
12(1.2)
5(41.7)
0.566
4(33.3)
0.747
6(50.0)
0.358
2(16.7)
0.178
Thyroid diseases
10(1.0)
9(90.0)
0.023
2(20.0)
0.735
8(80.0)
0.509
0(0.0)
1.000
Atherosclerosis
8(0.8)
4(50.0)
1.000
0(0.0)
0.116
4(50.0)
0.456
4(50.0)
0.001
Respiration disorders
8(0.8)
4(50.0)
1.000
2(25.0)
1.000
5(62.5)
1.000
1(12.5)
0.410
Hyperuricemia
6(0.6)
0(0.0)
0.032
0(0.0)
0.196
6(100.0)
0.102
0(0.0)
1.000
Hyperlipidemia
5(0.5)
4(80.0)
0.377
0(0.0)
0.331
5(100.0)
0.173
0(0.0)
1.000
Kidney diseases
4(0.4)
3(75.0)
0.626
0(0.0)
0.580
4(100.0)
0.306
0(0.0)
1.000
Mental disorders
3(0.3)
2(66.7)
1.000
0(0.0)
0.565
3(100.0)
0.555
0(0.0)
1.000
Endocrine system diseases
3(0.3)
3(100.0)
0.251
0(0.0)
0.565
3(100.0)
0.555
0(0.0)
1.000
Values are presented as number (%). (a) Values for proportion of patients in each group were compared with the population (n=1014) using chi-squared test and Fisher exact test. (b) P-value <0.05.
