ROUNDS Studies: Relation of OUtcomes with Nutrition Despite Severity—Round One: Ultrasound Muscle Measurements in Critically Ill Adult Patients

Table 1

Demographic and initial characteristics.

	Alive ()	Nonsurvivors ()	Total ()
Age (years)^#	59 (43–74)	73 (54–84)	63 (44–75)
Male, n (%)	15 (31.9)	5 (41.7)	20 (33.9)
BMI (kg/m^2)^&	25.67 (5.81)	26.21 (6.61)	26.19 (5.08)
Sepsis diagnosis, n (%)	18 (38.3)	6 (50.0)	24 (40.7)
APACHE II (points)^&	17 (7)	24 (10)	19 (8)
SOFA (points)^#	3 (1–5)	7 (3–10)	4 (1–6)
CCI (points)^#	2 (0–2)	2 (0–2)	2 (0–2)
NUTRIC (points)^#	3 (2–5)	6 (2–7)	3 (2–5)

BMI: body mass index; APACHE II: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score; CCI: Charlson Comorbidity Index; NUTRIC: Nutrition Risk in the Critically Ill score. indicates difference between groups; ^#median (interquartile range); ^&mean (standard deviation).