Evaluation of Nutritional Status of Intensive Care Unit COVID-19 Patients Based on the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 Score
Table 2
Characteristics of COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit according to nutritional risk screening 2002 (NRS-2002) scores, mean ± SD or N.
Variable
Score ≤3 (n = 30)
Score = 4 (n = 29)
Score ≥5 (n = 41)
value
Age, years
47.57 ± 16.67†
50.76 ± 18.44§
63.88 ± 17.69§
<0.001
Gender, female
12
9
15
0.76
Body mass index, kg/m2
28.85 ± 6.03
27.44 (6.17)
25.50 ± 5.65
0.13
C-reactive protein, U/L
51.76 ± 23.64
60.68 (14.94)
61.25 ± 19.26
0.30
Albumin, g/dl
3.73 ± 0.5∗†
3.30 (0.51)∗
3.10 ± 0.53†
<0.001
Hematocrit, L/L
39.71 ± 5.58†
38.60 ± 5.34§
32.91 ± 7.09§
<0.001
Blood urea nitrogen, mg/dL
17.79 ± 8.94†
20.67 ± 13.41§
35.11 ± 18.31§
<0.001
Creatinine, mg/dL
1.06 ± 0.18
1.26 ± 0.63
2.66 ± 4.61
0.06
Discharge status recovered
27
19
10
<0.001
Length of hospitalization, days
15.67 ± 16.22
18.18 ± 10.54
19.07 ± 11.33
0.05
ANOVA or Kruskal–Wallis test for quantitative variables; chi-squared test for qualitative variables. ∗A significant difference between scores 1 and 2; † between scores 1 and 3; §between scores 2 and 3.
