Development of a prediction model for enteral feeding intolerance in intensive care unit patients: A prospective cohort study

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants included in the analysis

Variables	EFI group, n = 77	Non-EFI group, n = 126	Statistics	P value
Age in yr	64.55 ± 15.86	69.06 ± 14.31	t = 2.091	0.038
Sex, n (%)			χ2 = 1.919	0.166
Male	55 (71.4)	78 (61.9)
Female	22 (28.6)	48 (38.1)
BMI in kg/m2	23.64 ± 3.41	23.91 ± 4.70	t = 0.030	0.672
APACHE Ⅱ	15.0 (9.0, 23.0)	15.0 (9.5, 21.0)	Z = -0.117	0.907
SOFA	6.0 (3.0, 10.0)	5.0 (1.0, 8.0)	Z = -1.533	0.125
Diagnosis, n (%)			χ2 = 1.574	0.986
Respiratory disease	15 (19.5)	26 (20.6)
Circulatory disease	6 (7.8)	9 (7.1)
Neurological disease	12 (15.6)	25 (19.8)
Digestive disease	11 (14.3)	18 (14.3)
Post-surgery	22 (28.6)	30 (23.8)
Sepsis	5 (6.5)	7 (5.6)
Multiple trauma	3 (3.9)	4 (3.2)
Other	3 (3.9)	7 (5.6)
Endpoint event, n (%)
Diagnosis of EFI	77 (100)
EN for more than 2 wk		35 (27.8)
Transfer out of the ICU		65 (51.6)
Gastric tube removal		18 (14.3)
Death		8 (6.3)

APACHE Ⅱ: Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II; BMI: Body mass index; EFI: Enteral feeding intolerance; EN: Enteral nutrition; ICU: Intensive care unit; SOFA: Sepsis-related organ failure assessment.